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TIL, In Samoa forgetting wife's birthday can land you in jail upto 5 years !

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KObKQ TIL in 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as the Wicked Witch of the West for an episode of Sesame Street. Screenings showed kids were "exceptionally attentive" during scenes with the witch and their fear was difficult to judge. The episode was never re-run and became lost.
VMl44 TIL that for years, scientists didn't know what caused mysterious cave networks in South America. In 2010, they learned that the caves were actually tunnels dug by ancient giant sloths.
4kD5X TIL ageism is self fulfilling
VB4lB TIL of Caroline Crossey, who was the first trans woman to appear in a James Bond a film (in 1981) and the first trans woman to pose for Playboy (in 1991)
R5Rk6 TIL - An Italian man from Milan, Xu Xiangshun (his legal Chinese name) ended up in China's countryside when he was around 3 and pretty much adopted the full Chinese peasant lifestyle. He doesn't know any Italian or have a clue about its culture.