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TIL that anti-occupation Rabbis have actually volunteered to be human shields in order to defend Palestinian villages from destruction

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VMWAp TIL the Kama Sutra was composed between 400-300 CE. It was translated into English in 1883 by Sir Richard Burton however, Burton’s edition was illegal in the US & UK until 1962. Due to this, the Kama Sutra became “one of the most pirated books in the English language.”
WkkDB TIL european DNA has two strands that when plotted against each other reveals a political map of the continent.
prpb TIL Laura Buxton, a 10 year old girl, released a balloon with at note where she had written “Please return to Laura Buxton,” and on the other side, her home address. The note was found and returned by another 10 year old named Laura Buxton who seemed almost like her twin.
Zp5Oo TIL Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez took the stage name Martin Sheen in part as tribute to Fulton Sheen, a Catholic Bishop he admired.
ke1g TIL: Robert Lucas, upon receiving a Nobel Prize in economic sciences, was only awarded half the prize money. His ex-wife had placed a clause in their divorce settlement in 1988 stating she would receive half the prize money if he won the prize in the following 7 years. He won in the year 1995.