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TIL that in Saudi Arabi a 19-year-old gang rape victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail for the crime of “indecency” and “speaking to the press”

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VMGgp TIL in 1918, microbiologist Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized to protect people from various diseases. She was met with skepticism, particularly because she was a woman and did not have a Ph.D. During the 1920s, scientists around the world made the same findings
B5yx TIL that until the 17th century most scientists believed that the speed of light was infinite. It was only in 1676 that Ole Rømer and Giovanni Cassini made the first measurement of the velocity of light (just 27% off the real value) by observing the orbits of the moons of Jupiter.
P1jMG TIL that according to Smiling Friends co-creator Zach Hadel, the entire first season of the show cost as much to make as a single episode of Family Guy (~$2,000,000 USD)
oRN47 TIL in 1943 two Germans were killed while mishandling ammo. The Nazis responded by rounding up 22 locals, forcing them to dig their own graves before execution. In a ploy to save them, Salvo D'Acquisto "confessed" to the crime. He was executed instead of the 22, saving their lives
0wOO1 TIL the first US nuclear sub had to stop in San Francisco and buy 170qts of car radiator "stop leak" to finish their under-the-arctic mission.