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TIL 99.7% of Japanese court cases result in conviction

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kOl7e Today I learned that Ring Around the Rosie is most likely not about the Great Plague.
W77MA TIL 94 US WWII Servicemen executed by the US Military are buried in "Plot E" of the Oise Aisne American Cemetery in France, a section designated for “the dishonored dead". Hedges hide it from view, no US flag is permitted to fly over it, the graves lack headstones and it is not publicly accessible.
e0mxE TIL that there is a pre-wedding tradition in Germany where guests throw porcelain on the ground and break them to bring luck to the couple. To symbolise working together through future difficulties, the couple must clean everything up
W7rdo TIL In 1995, a boy was discovered with blood containing no trace of his father’s DNA due to an extremely rare case of partial human parthenogenesis, where the mother’s egg cell divided just prior to fertilization, making parts of his body genetically fatherless.
b9b4p TIL that Cayman Island is just 260 Sq. Km (approx 16 km*16 km) with a population of nearly 65,000 has nearly 100,000 registered companies with a ratio of 1.5 companies per person. Caymanians have the highest standard of living in the Caribbean. Their currency = 1.2 US $.