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TIL that Jews are not allowed to enter Saudi Arabia

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95OM TIL that prior to 1987, babies were given even major surgery, such as open-heart surgery, entirely without anesthesia and post-operative pain management. It was honestly believed that infants couldn’t feel pain.
X0O6 TIL The world’s oldest marijuana stash was found in the Gobi Desert inside the 2,700 year old grave of an ancient stoner.
V090 TIL An eagle was given a 3d-printed prostate beak after her real one was damaged after being shot.
Jrjl TIL that NASA lost the original Moon landing footage by accidentally reusing the tapes.
O7ee TIL that in 1779, Thomas Jefferson submitted an anti-sodomy law to Virginia that would castrate men caught having gay sex. This law didn’t pass, and the state kept their anti-sodomy law in which death was the maximum penalty.