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TIL that porn is illegal in Ukraine and can only be used for medicinal purposes.

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wLpBY TIL that meteors blasting through earth's atmosphere can be used for long distance radio communications
LQLW0 TIL There is an actual Rhode Island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Despite being the state's namesake and the island's "original" name, no one calls it that, and the locals have colloquially renamed it to Aquidneck Island.
OGjBa TIL: During WWII, the British used a dead body with fake documents to trick the Nazis into defending the wrong location, leading to the successful invasion of Sicily.
JYjKB TIL that Adolf Hitler received an award for bravery during World War 1 on the recommendation of Lieutenant Hugo Gutmann, Hitler's Jewish superior.
8a8e8 TIL that after the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963, his alleged murderer was tried by an all-white jury who deadlocked twice and failed to convict. In 1994, Evers was discovered to be so well embalmed that forensic autopsy was still possible, leading to his murderers conviction.