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TIL in Japan the majority of adoptees are childless adult males, adopted by families needing a strong heir for their businesses

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a89Wb TIL private and commercial paternity tests are banned in France. Paternity tests may only be conducted by order of a judge typically to assess criminal guilt or involvement.
xrlB TIL the patron saint of the Chicago Police Department is also the patron saint of lost causes.
10AW TIL there is a 90-mile island in Alaska that is home to more than 1600 bears, outnumbering the human residents 3 to 1. It is sometimes called “The Fortress of the Bears.”
QJDbp TIL that people used to make clothes from asbestos. These garments were fireproof and people cleaned them by burning off the stains.
y86v TIL John Stockwell estimated over 6 million people had been killed due to CIA covert ops back in 1987.