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TIL ‘The Guinness Book of World Records’ holds the world record for the best-selling copyrighted book of all time

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4XmpJ TIL In 2012 a staute of Jesus in India started to drip water mysteriously from its toes. Locale worshippers[Hindu+Muslim+Christian] started to collect that water and some even drank it. The source of water was later found to be a faulty sewage system.
9wxEp TIL the soldier credited with killing John Wilkes Booth was a religious fanatic who cut his own balls off with a pair of scissors after being propositioned by a prostitute.
LKAV TIL that a mother murdering her children is more likely to murder sons (64%) than daughters (36%), and likewise, daughters are more likely to murder their father (81%) than mother (19%). Fathers and sons are more egalitarian in their murders, killing their children / parents at about equal rates.
v1DN4 TIL that when Nintendo was localizing Pokémon, Nintendo was planning on giving Pikachu breasts
oK1W TIL that many regions in the US, most recently being the state of Hawaii, have tried solving their homeless problem by providing one-way plane tickets out of the area.