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TIL it's illegal in Saudi Arabia for Saudi nationals to marry women from Bangladesh, Chad, Burma or Pakistan, in order to keep the nation homogeneous

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wLGnY TIL that when wooly mammoths went extinct, their territorial grassland was replaced with birch forests. This ushered in an age of forest fires so significant that it may have changed the global climate.
Bg14d TIL Alligators Are Native to Oklahoma
9v0G TIL chisels used to be handed out to people visiting Stonehenge, so they could chip away at the ancient monument to get their own souvenirs.
AD7r4 TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) spent his first 9 years of his life in a hospital and when he was finally well enough to leave, was sent to a Japanese internment camp in Arizona.
vPXRD TIL the peak of Mount Etna is the world's only decipoint. A point where ten municipalities' borders converge.