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TIL that paternity tests are outlawed in France and Germany “due to fears that more families could be broken by divorce if all fathers were given access to them.”

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gMJWX TIL of US Navy Admiral Boorda the first person to rise from the enlisted ranks to become Chief of Naval Operations who killed himself after being accused of wearing 2 unauthorized service ribbons
7ORL TIL Hugh Jackman was supposed to have a brief cameo as Wolverine in SPIDER-MAN (2002). Jackman actually showed up in New York to film the scene, but the entire plan was scrapped when the crew couldn’t get access to the Wolverine costume from X-Men.
1a7M8 TIL That Russia uses North Korean slaves in Siberian labor camps. Most slaves are unaware that they are no longer in Korea.
dNrE TIL In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
jxON TIL that Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”