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TIL that Joko Widodo, the current President of Indonesia, likes hard rock music a lot - he once had a bass guitar that was signed by Robert Trujillo, was given a signed copy of "Master of Puppets" by a former Danish President, and went to a rock festival in 2013 while he was Governor of Jakarta.

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P0MV TIL that when choir members sing, their heartbeats are in synch, due to the fact they breathe at the same times.
dDX9 TIL a sociopathic 10 year old girl killed two boys. One of the crime scenes was described by the inspector as “There was a terrible playfulness about it…and somehow the playfulness of it made it more, rather than less, terrifying”. She was convicted and then released at the age of 23.
Vo9D TIL Sweden warrantlessly wiretaps all telephone and internet traffic that crosses its border
OoJWL TIL Tardigrades, or water bears, were filmed mating for the first time in 2016 by German researchers. The female lays eggs, the male gets into position (a process that can be several minutes); they engage in mutual stimulation till the male ejaculates his semen into the female's outer layer of skin.
0wKxA TIL that in Israel, surrogate sex therapy - in which a person is hired to act as a patient's sexual partner - is available at government expense for soldiers who have been badly injured and need sexual rehabilitation.