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TIL Of children born in Mexican prisons, who live with their mothers and have never experienced the outside world.

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X0pO6 TIL about Skeeter syndrome, a severe allergic reaction to mosquito (skeeter) bites
W7LwB TIL Taking an old song and just changing the words to make a new song is called contrafactum. Earliest examples of contrafactum date to the 9th century and a famous examples is "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", 1800s adapted from "Marlborough Has Left for the War", 1700s.
7kb7 TIL 13 years ago Portugal decriminalized the usage of drugs. This legalization has been proven a success, increasing the number of people seeking drug abuse support and lowering the rate of HIV spread through drug usage.
wLQBP TIL that an earwax plug was removed from a beached whale, and found to be full of pollutants. The scientists concluded that not only was the whale breathing pollutants straight from the water, but that some had been passed to it by its mother during gestation and nursing.
PYo4e TIL a firefighter with a phobia of fires sued his workplace after they moved him to an office position from his previous position on the fire suppression unit so he wouldn't be around fires. He wanted to stay on the fire suppression unit despite his fear.