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TIL that in China there are numerous cases of adult women discovering needles had been pushed into their brain and other parts of their body in a failed attempt to kill them due to the one child policy.

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DEGv TIL that soldiers are required to “route step” (or walk out of step) when crossing bridges because, in 1831, the rhythmic march of British soldiers broke a bridge, throwing soldiers off of the bridge.