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TIL : A judge in India acquitted rapists in 1994 with a ruling that they were Brahmins and a Brahmin wouldn’t rape a Dailt.

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vj0R TIL that the Iranian rules for stoning adulterers to death call for women to be buried up to their chest and men to be buried up to their waist. Using large stones is not allowed because they could bring death too quickly.
LkNyd TIL After consuming brewery waste, ‘drunk’ seagulls ‘stinking of alcohol’ have had to be rescued all along the south coast of England.
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