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TIL kodinhi in india records insanely high twin rates and experts still don't know why

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k9N4 TIL Robert H. Richards IV, who inherited the Du Pont family fortune after the death of John du Pont (of Foxcatcher fame), was convicted in 2009 of sexually abusing his 3-year-old daughter. His 8 year sentence was suspended, as the judge claimed he would “not fare well” in prison
9wkoM TIL about Ubasute, a mythical practice from Japan, carrying your elderly parent to a mountain, leaving them to die. The film “Ballad of Narayama” explores this
nWWPr TIL that the head of the Buffalo ASPCA helped develop the electric chair and experimented with it on hundreds of stray dogs.
W79MX TIL Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate clockwise.
LjE0 TIL - Grocery stores spray water on produce to make it look fresher and weigh more, even though the water actually makes it rot faster