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lnLG TIL that there is a big problem of elephant alcoholism in India and that substance abuse is not unique to humans.
Ymvx TIL: US retail sales of gasoline have more than halved in the last decade (2002-2012)
YpxR7 TIL in the Vietnam war, there was a flourishing sex industry for American soldiers. There were an estimated 300,000 sex workers in the country at this time. There were also an estimated 50,000 bastard American-Asian children, who were given the derisive name bui doi (dirt of life).
1xWD TIL there is a Catalan cmad tradition of giving children a “Shitting log” a couple weeks before Xmas. They have to “feed” it and keep it warm so it will deficate their presents on Christmas eve by beating it with sticks.
0dX1j Today I learned that General Mills, the cereal company, used to have an electronics division that, in 1953, created the “black box” found in today’s airplanes.