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TIL there is a pastor in South Korea named Jong-rak who created a baby box that he attached to the side of his house to collect mentally handicapped or unwanted babies to prevent them from being abandoned on the side of the road and left to die.

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KLVa TIL of Rat Park. When given the choice between normal water and morphine water, the rats always chose the drugged water and died. When in Rat Park where they had space, friends and games, they rarely took the drug water and never became addicted or overdosed despite many attempts to trick them
6EWdl TIL during a flight in 1987 a flight attendant shouted "We have a problem!" towards the captain, who then asked "What's the problem?". The attendant was then shot and killed... and a man walked into the cockpit and said "I'm the problem!". He then proceeded to crash the plane, killing 43 people.
wogW1 TIL about Japan’s kei cars, tiny vehicles limited to 660cc engines and max dimensions of 3.4 m/11.2 ft long, 1.48 m/4.9 ft wide, and 2 m/6.6 ft high. Created in 1949, they make up over a third of car sales in Japan due to tax breaks, insurance discounts, and city-friendly design
QJ1YL TIL that Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus Foetidus) is one of the few plants in the world with thermogenic properties. It can generate internal temperatures from 27-63°F through cellular respiration.
9lG6 TIL that a recently published study out of Spain found that THC seems to target and kill some forms of human brain cancer.