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TIL Over 40 percent more women are now graduating college than men in the US

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VBWgD TIL a group of pandas is called an "embarassment"
vZQj TIL that 1 in 10,000 people have situs inversus, where the organs in their body are mirrored. There also exist “mirrored twins”; identical twins, one normal and the other with situs inversus
Y7WNP TIL James Strang, leader of a Mormon splinter-group, crowned himself "king" of his church on Beaver Island, Michigan for 6 years. His "reign" was so hated by the locals that he was assassinated in 1856. His killers were kept in an unlocked jail cell and fined $1.25
pxQb TIL Chinese government takes its officials and members of their families on prison tours on a regular basis to give officials an introduction to what awaits them if they should engage in corruption. The tours include meet-and-greets with former government officials who were caught for corruption.
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