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TIL that Pakistan is one of the top gay porn watching countries despite having a very homophobic society.

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KOe7J TIL Tim Hortons used to be owned by Wendy's and is now owned by Burger King
KerR TIL Walmart was involved in a $24 million dollar bribery scandal to open stores more quickly in Mexico than the law allows.
ANMw4 TIL about Arctic Hysteria (also known as Piblokto), a culture-bound syndrome that mostly affects the female Inuit population. Symptoms include tearing off clothes, running naked through the snow, screaming, throwing things, and performing other wild behaviors.
waQM TIL Abolitionist Cassius Clay was shot during an 1843 debate for the Kentucky House of Representatives; then, “Despite being shot in the chest, Clay drew his Bowie knife, tackled Brown, cut-out his eyes, and finally threw him over an embankment.” He would later become US Ambassador to Russia.
XElNR TIL that P.T. Barnum's famous elephant Jumbo got his name from the Swahili word for chief. It was the elephant who caused the word "jumbo" to mean something large - not the other way around.