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TIL about a sex manual which existed in China that listed 48 different ways of playing with women's permanently bound feet.

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64ow TIL that today is the 47th anniversary of Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty - 34 Americans were killed in the attack and another 174 were wounded. The ship, a $40-million dollar state-of-the-art signals intelligence platform was destroyed
WkE7L TIL Failed US President John Tyler, following his presidency, was nominated to the minor office of “Overseer of Roads” by local villagers in an effort to mock him. Much to their dismay, he took his job incredibly seriously despite his neighbors begging him to stop.
k8Nm TIL that Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries till the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own
OgaL TIL that 90% of polled Native Americans have no problem with the “Redskins” sports team nickname.
Xg56 TIL 40% of police officers’ families in the United States have experienced domestic violence, compared to 10% of the general population.