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TIL In Tibet they do not cremate the dead or bury them, instead they cut the bodies and let predatory birds devour them.

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5YOGn TIL in 1969, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, two heads of the Black Panther Party, were killed in their sleep by Chicago Police. It was described as a gunfight, but 99% of bullets were found to have been shot from the police, & fake bullet holes from the inside were found to have been planted by police
OoOYX TIL a female swan is called a Pen
ZBnG TIL the 1st Tenet of the Satanic Temple is “One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.”
6RZW TIL kissing on the lips is not universal or innate human behavior. The tradition started in India and spread after Alexander the Great conquered Punjab in 326 B.C. Kissing was unheard of in the Western world before this!
vRKB TIL in 1946 US researchers used prostitutes to infect prison inmates and insane asylum patients to test the effectiveness of Penicillin.