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TIL According to Saudi Arabian law, women are not allowed to drive cars but are allowed to fly planes.

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eGx4 TIL: Centipedes don’t have sex. Instead they leave packets of their sperm, called spermatophore, around for females to find.
v1GrK TIL of Jonathan Reed, a man who loved his wife so much that when she died, he moved into her tomb. He decorated it like a home and even brought their parrot to live with them. “My only pleasure is to sit here with all that is left of her.”
MeWrK TIL of Grigory Perelman, the mathematician who solved one of the most difficult math problems ever conceived and turned down multiple awards, including a $1 million dollar prize. When questioned by one persistent journalist, he said “you are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms.”
wkDW TIL that until 2007, it was completely legal for women in New Zealand to rape or sexually abuse children, being that no laws existed which legislated against such crimes.
WkWXo TIL the supermarket Lidl released a 21-track compilation album in 2019 featuring common noises found in their stores.