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TIL 98% of adoptions in Japan are of Adult Men aged 20-30

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EgoZ7 TIL Julius Caesar, kidnapped by pirates, demanded they increase his ransom. After his release, he captured and crucified them, fulfilling his promise made during captivity.
9YQD7 TIL that in the 2000 Paralympics, 10 out of 12 players in Spain's ID Basketball team were non-disabled, who pretended to have intellectual disabilities. The scandal was exposed after the Paralympics, when one of the players was revealed to be an investigative journalist.
x6QN7 TIL that Normal white clouds we see every day weigh about 500,000 kilograms or 1.1 million pounds!
BGor TIL American Airlines went against manufacturer recommendations and used their own maintenance procedure to save 200 man hours of labor per aircraft. This resulted in one engine of AA Flight 191 separating from the wing on takeoff and the deaths of 273 people.
nJrd TIL babies born to mothers who used heroin while pregnant are given tinctures of opium to treat their withdrawal