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TIL the Japanese online flea market, Mercari, had to ban ultrasound photos and positive pregnancy tests from its marketplace app because people were allegedly using them to fake pregnancies in order to extort money or blackmail their partners.

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KREG TIL The South African health ministry once stapled a leaflet to condoms they distributed
ZJ5Y TIL that animals’ “languages” have regional dialects.
mvYM TIL of a rugby player who suffered a torn scrotum and lost four teeth. After asking the physio to stitch him back up he returened to play only to be given a concussion and forced to watch the rest of the game from the bench. He claims to have no recollection of this game.
4kAXX TIL Rwanda's Akagera national park is the largest protected wetland in Africa and safari destination with elephants, lions. But in 1997 it was reduced in size by close to 50% as the land was allocated to populations returning after the 1994 genocide
QJyLX The entire North Korean internet has only 28 websites. And is it a dull internet. There's a cooking website, a film site, a flight ticket site, a social sciences website, some educational sites, a North Korean Tourism board webpage and news agencies. There's also a social network called "Friend"