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TIL there’s a conspiracy theory that Belgium doesn’t exist

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xV8b TIL that the Catholic church used to allow priests to be married and that there were even several married popes
EgVg7 TIL the second Rashidun caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, a senior companion and father-in-law of the prophet Muhammad, was assassinated by a Persian slave in 644 who stabbed him with a double-bladed dagger, apparently due to Umar's refusal to lift a daily tax imposed on the slave by his slave master.
wLa1o TIL until the 1952 Olympics, cavalry soldiers were not allowed to compete in the modern pentathlon in the Olympics, due to being considered professional athletes, because they rode and trained horses for a living. Cavalry officers were however considered amateurs and allowed to compete before 1952.
xlbo TIL That Victoria’s Secret used prison labor in the United States to make their lingerie in the 90s (and very well may be doing so to this day).
4XZYX TIL the iconic Jason Voorhees "whisper sound" in the Friday the 13th films is "ki" and "ma", shortened from "kill mommy"