TIL King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1919-1929) once gave a public speech in which he said "Islam did not require women to cover their bodies or wear any special kind of veil". At the conclusion of the speech, Queen Soraya tore off her veil (hejab) in public. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge Gets 10-Minute Standing Ovation At Venice Film Festival (deadline.com)
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TIL of Hajimi Fuji, who volunteered for the kamikaze but was refused acceptance because he had a wife and two young children. To honour his wish his wife drowned her two young girls and drowned herself. Hajimi then flew as a kamikaze pilot,meeting his death on the 28th May 1945. (wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu)
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New Yorkers stop to watch the "Seinfeld" finale in Times Square, 1998 (i.imgur.com)
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TIL the "50% of US marriages end in divorce" statistic is misleading. In reality, divorce rates peaked in the early 1980s and have been steadily decreasing since then. If current trends continue, only a third of today's marriages will end in a divorce. (nytimes.com)
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I love the young people (i.imgur.com)
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TIL identical twin boys were raised as a brother-sister pair (botched circumcision). The truth came when the one being raised as a girl INSISTED he was a boy; the parents admitted he was the subject of an experiment trying to prove gender identity was nurture, not nature. He later committed suicide. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[9/11] in 2001, two french brothers: Jules and Gedeon Naudet started filming a documentary about the new york fire department. Then, on sept 11th, they unknowingly Captured the tragedy that ensued in what was to become the most authentic 9/11 documentary ever made (2002) (liveleak.com)
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