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TIL that conversion therapy is still legal in Europe, but there is a petetion active to finally combat this ancient practise!

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xVmno TIL the Plasma Economy, in which poor Chinese farmers were paid for plasma extractions from 1991-1995, attracted 3 million donors, 40% of whom contracted HIV due to low health and safety standards.
m18Do TIL the Fiat Panda is not named after the panda bear, but after Empanda, the Roman goddess and patroness of travelers.
eLK6 TIL the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 was found not guilty by reason of insanity,and lives freely today at his mother’s house
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NARe TIL In 2009 Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook you were entitled to a free whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a whopper.