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TIL of the Owa Hutterites from Japan. A Hutterite Colony of Japanese Hutterites.

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NXJZN TIL Córdoba, one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the world in AD 1000, had about the same population then as it does today (~400,000 vs 324,000)
ANEYg TIL Marzieh Arfa became the (Imperial) Iranian Army's first female general over a decade before the US Army reached the same milestone.
4XaRg TIL Adam Rainer is the only person in medical history to have been classified both as a dwarf and giant during his lifetime. He went from being 4 feet 6 inches tall at the age of 19 to being 7 feet 8 inches at 51. This was caused by a tumor that led to an overproduction of growth hormones.
EwVx TIL that in the history of Ireland’s inventions, there’s a 300-year gap after the invention of whiskey.
Ro1a TIL that in states that have legalized no-fault divorce, domestic violence rates dropped by 30 percent, and female suicide declined between 8 and 16 percent, while showing no lasting effect on divorce rates.