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TIL up until 1981 Swiss children were sent to prisons for social rehabilitation, abused, raped, beaten and taken away from parents to work on farm at the ages of 4-6. They were called Contract kids

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8jw4 TIL less than 5% of the world lives in the U.S., but Americans consume about 37% of cocaine in the world.
gMj0X TIL that the United States' "Ace of Aces" for WW2 was Major Dick Bong, with a total of 40 confirmed Japanese Zeros eliminated
M70pK TIL obelisking - a handstand-like position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to prevent overheating on sunny days
b9QvQ Today I learned that Borges, Neruda and Nabokov were the losers of the controversial 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature which was awarded to Soviet novelist Mikhail Sholokov.
a8Vly TIL that "Tunnel of Love" rides were popular at Amusement Parks in the early 20th century because they were one of the only socially acceptable opportunities for couples to be alone together on a date and share physical contact. In 1950, there were over 700 in the USA. Now there are less than 10.