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TIL Chinese insurance companies now offer insurance to protect individuals from being sued by elderly people they tried to help

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p88wQ TIL that ancient Egyptians were able to see if a woman was pregnant by having her urinate on barley and wheat seeds. If seeds sprouted then she was pregnant. Additionally, they believed they could determine the gender. Furthermore, this test was conducted in laboratories and was 70% accurate.
KYlaw TIL that then-Congressman and future Vice President Dan Quayle was invited to investigate Jonestown with fellow Congressman, Leo Ryan, but declined. That declination ended up saving his life, as Ryan was later assassinated in Guyana.
b670a TIL that Bill Gate's first attempt at a software program was a version of Tic-Tac-Toe that allowed users to compete with a computer
YpJnW TIL of Vladimir Pokhilko, the co-creator of Tetris. A Russian academic and clinical psychologist, he helped shaped the final version of the game with Alexey Pajitnov. He was in financial ruin later in life and killed his family and himself in 1998.
P1QnO TIL that people paint penises outside houses and buildings in Bhutan to ward off evil and good luck.