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TIL Men only have nipples because they develop them before being assigned a gender as an embryo

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MPY7 TIL At age 12 and 13, Curtis Jones and his sister, apparent victims of sexual abuse, killed one of their alleged victimizers. Child welfare knew of the abuse, but did nothing. After the murder, the state charged them as adults. Instead of getting help, they got 18 years in prison.
ReE4 TIL While studying late, 1905 Brahmin (priest class) students of Madras (South India) used to tie their hair to a nail in the wall to keep themselves from dosing off.
ydGJ TIL the original Halo was 3rd person and designed for Mac. In 2000 Microsoft bought Bungie and made it an exclusive for the original Xbox.
5VPOr TIL that the year BC 1 was followed by the year AD 1. In both Gregorian and Julian calendar there is no year zero.
OGg6Y TIL Lego almost went bankrupt in the 1990s but was saved in part by the unexpected success of Bionicle.