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TIL that Iran has executed 4,000 people for being homosexual in the last 35 years, but also provides state funds for sex-change operations so that transsexuals can enter heterosexual relationships.

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E1xJ0 TIL that the "worst disaster" in British Military History was the Battle of Singapore, when the British had their sea guns the wrong way, expecting Japan to invade by sea as the jungles of Malaya were impenetrable. Instead they landed and invaded on bicycle, catching everyone off guard.
neDgY TIL that Viggo Mortensen recorded six experimental ambient records with Buckethead. This one, Pandemoniumfromamerica, also features three Hobbits (Wood, Monaghan, Boyd) and a reading by Noam Chomsky.
VMZVm TIL Eric Clapton had to identify Stevie Ray Vaughan's body at the morgue after his fatal helicopter crash.
wokOW TIL about the Loa Loa or eye worm due to worms occasionally migrating into the eye causing discomfort and anxiety
N78RP TIL the oldest known "Yo Mama" joke was found on a 3500 y.o. broken tablet in Iraq. And is missing the punchline.