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TIL that under UK law, a woman cannot commit rape.

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grOJy TIL: A TACA airliner had both engines flame out on approach to New Orleans. The one-eyed pilot safely landed the plane on a levee. In lieu of towing the plane away, the two engines were replaced on scene and then took off from a public street.
kJ1AE TIL that Vince Clarke, of Erasure, Depeche Mode, and Yazoo fame, intended on leaving Yazoo following their debut album, but was persuaded otherwise after having left Depeche Mode following their debut album one year prior, in order to avoid negative assumptions.
LkoQr TIL about gorillas in the wild with the ability and knowledge of how to dismantle poacher traps.
0d4Qv TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name
9YO47 TIL about Thomas Rowlandson, a popular erotic artist in the 19th century whose work was heavily censored during the Victorian Era. He died at the age of 69.