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TIL that Jews are not allowed to enter Saudi Arabia

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oBm07 TIL that in WWII, pilots often blacked out in turns as high g forces made blood pool in their legs. British Ace Douglas Bader, however, did not have this problem, since his legs had been amputated after an accident.
ZDbv TIL that a kid’s fantasy movie called “Warriors of Virtue” was so bad, it actually made a critic vomit during the initial screening.
e0EwE TIL microwave ovens do not cook food from the "inside out." When thick foods are cooked, the outer layers are heated and cooked primarily by microwaves while the inside is cooked mainly by the conduction of heat from the hot outer layers.
OGYoR TIL that a microscopic inspection of the roots of Ramesses II's hair indicate that one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs was a natural redhead from a family of redheads
E1abW TIL that the Soviet Union loved Bollywood films. The values of Indian society and the USSR were very similar and the socialist country enjoyed the common rags to riches narrative. In fact, the highest grossing film of the Soviet Era was a 1982 Bollywood film called Disco Dancer.