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TIL Uganda Is Reviving The “Kill the Gays” Bill From 2009

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lR85 TIL Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is the only person to ever win both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar.
WkLyB TIL that George Harrison, a member of The Beatles, lost his virginity in Hamburg, Germany while the rest of the band watched. Of course, they applauded and cheered when he finished.
PY5XO TIL about the 1997 Jarell tornado, which is considered the most destructive tornado in recorded history. By the time rescuers arrived at the Double Creek subdivision where 27 people had died, there was nothing in sight except bare slabs of foundation and ripped up dirt.
a8LB9 TIL Karl Marx almost emigrated with his family to the Texas Hill Country in 1845 alongside a large number of German dissidents, freethinkers, and anti-slavery advocates who would come to strongly support the Union and the Republican Party.
AWBB TIL the Ancient Egyptians had a city called Crocodilopolis. It contained a sacred lake where crocodiles were worshipped, fed and adorned with jewelry.