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TIL atheism is punished with the death penalty in 13 countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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V05k TIL ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Van Morrison is about an interracial relationship and was originally titled 'Brown Skinned Girl’
XBK8 TIL that when the Super Bowl and the Presidential Inauguration conflicted, the President did the coin toss ceremony for the Super Bowl and had his public inauguration the next day.
16XW4 TIL that in the US, Pringles used to call themselves “potato chips” until the FDA said they didn’t qualify as chips. In 2008, Pringles tried to argue in UK court that they were exempt from a tax on crisps (the British term for potato chips) because they weren’t crisps. They lost the case.
OGE1 TIL that in Arabic, Homer Simpson is called “Omar Shamshoon”. His beer is soda,he’s given up bacon and the donut-shaped snacks he gobbles are the traditional Arab cookies called kahk.
R7mk1 TIL the days of the week come from the Norse names for the 7 Ptolemaic planets: Sun's day, Moon's day, Tiw's day, Woden's day, Thor's day, Freya's day, and Saturn's day