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TIL that “huh” is a universal word, existing in almost every language across the world

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l7jB TIL that in Louisiana, it is custom that the warden joins the condemned prisoner for the last meal
jN9eM TIL that Child Pornography in Japan was First Made Illegal in June of 2014. A 1-Year Grace Period of Lax Enforcement Followed.
oGOE TIL that there’s a town in Texas called Earth, and it’s the only place on Earth officially named Earth
R5xw TIL on the Indonesian island Tana Toraja, if a baby dies before he starts teething, the family cuts a hole in a tree and places the dead child inside. The tree regrows around the baby and absorbs it.
R71m7 TIL General MacArthur wanted to win the Korean War by dropping 30-50 atomic bombs on air bases, followed by sowing nuclear waste into the ground to create a permanent radioactive border to prevent future invasions from the North.