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TIL that children that live with a step-parent are up to 40x more likely to suffer from child abuse.

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9wK07 TIL for nonalcoholic dependent people, most alcohol consumed is metabolized in the liver mainly through ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase). Chronic alcohol consumers develop a secondary pathway (MEOS).
pOAO TIL that a Gladiator sequel script had Maximus reincarnated by the Roman gods and returned to Rome to defend Christians against persecution; then transported to other periods including WWII, the Vietnam War, and finally being a general in the Pentagon. It was rejected for being too far-fetched.
OGQOa TIL “Roots” was watched by an estimated 140 million viewers, with 85 percent of all television homes seeing all or part of the miniseries. Before Super Bowl 57 last year, it was the largest tv viewership ever in US history.
jQVp TIL in India there is a statue of Jesus where water was mysteriously dripping from its toes. Worshipers would collect and sometimes drink the ‘holy water’. A man traced the source of the water to a clogged toilet behind the wall condensing on the statue. He had to flee the country as a result.
d87b7 TIL Article V of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requires nuclear powers to sell nuclear bombs to non-nuclear powers if they are determined to be for peaceful explosive purposes by an international body.