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TIL that child beauty pageants are illegal in France to prevent the hyper-sexualization of young children. Punishment can be up to two years in prison.

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bnn4 TIL a Japanese soldier who didn’t know a war had ended, hid in a jungle for 29 years killing people, and farmer’s pigs to survive. To get him to stop, his old commanding officer met him and ordered him to surrender.
oywE TIL that in a gesture of solidarity with the starving troops in Stalingrad, the german commander, Kurt Zeitzler reduced his own rations to their level. After 2 weeks he had lost 26 pounds.
5VBGD TIL the medical term for a unibrow is "Synophrys", and can be a symptom of several genetic disorders ranging from learning difficulty (moderate to severe), to having fewer fingers or toes than normal, malformed limbs and facial anomalies.
Z8M7R TIL that Hawaii wasn’t a state when Pearl Harbor was bombed in World War 2.
nW8O7 TIL of Micheal Swango an American doctor estimated to have killed 60 patients and colleagues