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TIL bestiality was legal in Denmark until 2015

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ANk97 TIL there is a difference between shock and electrocution which is short for electric execution. An electrocution results in death. While people survive getting shocked, they may struggle for the rest of their lives with burn scars, seizures, chronic pain, severe headaches, nerve damage, paralyzed
LkJx9 TIL that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover possessed one of the world's largest collection of pornography, both for blackmail and for personal titillation purposes
nxXb TIL that Missing No. is considered the glitch that pushed Pokemon to “gaming super stardom” and has even inspired sociological research!
neEEW TIL The first thing ever bought and sold across the Internet was a bag of marijuana around 1971.
yR4M TIL America’s obesity rate has gone from 13 percent (1965) to 36 percent (2010)