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TIL in the year 1800, almost 40% of the world's population lived in the Qing empire (China)

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RWDl TIL Kuman Thong (golden young boy), is a dry roasted still-born baby covered in gold leaf and worshipped as an amulet in ancient Thailand. It is illegal now, but sometimes people still make them.
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