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TIL the 4B movement of millennial South Korean women seeks to create an online and offline world devoid of men, with the women refusing to engage in heterosexual dating, marriage, or childbirth. It was founded in response to extreme harassment of women in Korean society

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E1r60 TIL The Portuguese military was born from the Templar Knights. King Dinis offered refuge when they were exterminated. Later, Queen Maria secularized them, and when the monarchy was abolished the grand master became the first president. Today, the order is awarded to valiant soldiers.
9YlE7 TIL that Walmart has a lower acceptance rate than Harvard. Harvard boasts a fancy 5.2 percent admittance rate, but it's beaten badly by Walmart's minute 2.6% of applicants being accepted.
gMEWX TIL Operation Midnight Climax was established in order to study the effects of LSD. Sex workers on the CIA payroll were instructed to lure clients back to the safehouses, where they were given LSD and studied through a one way glass to see if this could help the CIA's mind-control research program.
4Xr75 TIL: Pesto can be made with Cashews. If you have allergies, don’t forget to read the label.
0wLkj TIL that today's ground level in Edinburgh is multiple stories above of the original medieval city, some of which is still accessible through deep cellars