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TIL that spanking and physical punishment may work to change immediate behaviors but ultimately lead to increased aggression and other problems in the future.

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GRM5 TIL that Bioteeth From Stem-Cells Will Regrow Complete Teeth and Its Superior to Implants
vPEQK TIL the 20th century saw a dramatic global literacy surge, largely due to a focus on basic education.
xVmX5 TIL that Mao Zedong was responsible for more deaths than Hitler or Stalin.Political scientist Rudolph Rummel (1932–2014), a non-China specialist who made wildly higher estimates than any other historian—that Mao was responsible for 77 million deaths.
jlKN TIL of John Willis, the only white member of Ping On, Boston’s Chinese mafia. He was introduced to the group by a young Asian man he saved. John later learned Chinese, became the boss’ chief bodyguard, and received the nickname “White Devil”. He is currently in a federal prison for drug trafficking.
5P1B TIL 50% of Nigeriens are under 14 years old