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TIL that the Iranian rules for stoning adulterers to death call for women to be buried up to their chest and men to be buried up to their waist. Using large stones is not allowed because they could bring death too quickly.

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v15bR TIL America's largest Confederate monument is Stone Mountain, Georgia. It's over 800 ft tall and 1.5 miles wide, draws 4 million visitors a year, and has a relief covering one face of the mountain that depicts three leaders of the Confederacy – Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis.
rany TIL that the tomb of China’s first emperor has never been opened because of fears of booby traps and extreme levels of mercury, showing that legends of rivers of mercury flowing in the tomb may be true.
jNROa TIL in 1988, a retired police officer found Cyril Smith, British MP with 144 accusations of child molestation and abuse, in a home with a sex offender and two drunk teenage boys. The officer was threatened to be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act by the UK government. Nothing happened.
b9bZa TIL Crickets chirping can tell you what the temperature is at night!
N7xMe TIL to combat soldier fatigue and promote aggression the Nazis distributed Crystal Meth to soldiers