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TIL that 18 states do not allow the parental rights of rapists to be terminated. This is true even if the rapist is convicted.

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lo4va TIL that people with dementia think that stuff like a black doormat isn’t a doormat, but a deep hole in the floor. Due to these visual perception problems, people with dementia avoid stepping the doormat, and this is sometimes used to keep them from leaving their care facilites.
69dJQ TIL The boom in guitar sales in 2021 is comparable to that of the post-Beatles boom of the 60s, in which millions of instruments were sold annually. Even when sales began to fall after reaching 2.5 million by 1971, a “sizeable minority persisted” with the instrument
QNv4L TIL in 2014, a toddler died after his dad accidentally left him in a hot car for 7 hours. A jury sentenced him to life without parole because he was having an affair that day, making them believe he left his son to die to start a new life. A surpreme court overturned the 'unfair' conviction in 2022.
N7K8Q TIL The song "Blame Canada" in The South Park movie, was nominated for an Academy Award for best original song. Unfortunately the song lost to Phil Collins' "you'll be in my heart" from the movie Tarzan.
9PaQ TIL the Ottoman Empire enslaved children, educated them and gave them the most important positions in the empire.