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TIL: “Honeymoon” is named after the mead (honey wine) supplied by the bride’s father to his new son-in-law.

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yExJ TIL that in 2009 Israel tried to create private prisons but their Supreme court ruled against it, saying they were a violation of basic human rights.
16oLO TIL that in parts of the Jim Crow South, Black people were denied purchasing vanilla ice cream with the exception of Independence Day.
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VMv4k TIL that the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide, a militant organisation active from 1975 to 1987, attacked Turkish representatives and interests in Europe, North America and Australia, killing more than 30 people, among them more than 10 Turkish diplomats and attachés