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TIL in some asian countries, women get 2 days of “menstruation leave” per month.

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oROwA TIL Carbohydrates are glucose supplements, not an essential nutrient. Our body can produce almost all the glucose we need from fats through gluconeogenesis.
oR1yr TIL that the world’s largest kidney stone, removed from a patient in Sri Lanka, weighed 1.67 lbs (757.5g) and broke 2 world records.
V1ap TIL a woman is raped in India every 20 minutes
GGyg TIL Match.com, OKCupid, Chemistry.com, Meetic, DatingDirect, Twoo, and Tinder are all owned by the same company.
W89A TIL: of the post of “Queen’s Guide to the Sands”. The holder is the official guide to crossing the dangerous mudflats of Morcambe Bay, UK. Paid £15 a year but is given a 700yo cottage to live in, the current holder is Cecil Robinson since 1963