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TIL There is no significant evidence to support drinking 8 glasses of water a day

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vG9B TIL 61 percent of women in rural China hide incidents of extreme domestic abuse or seek treatment under fake names. The country has no national law to protect women from abuse.
OoZvL TIL about the Rosenstrasse Protest, where Non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men protested Nazi Germany's policy of deportation of Jewish men. It was the only mass public demonstration by Germans during the Third Reich.
wLnP7 TIL that Steven King was once hit by a van. He ended up buying the van and destroying it to make himself feel better
9yKM TIL spelling bees are a particularly American/British phenomenon. Other languages spell their words so intuitively that one can easily spell them just by hearing them. English, on the other hand, contains Latin, Greek, Germanic, etc. roots, not to mention whole words borrowed from other languages.
69Y5m TIL Arrichion, a pankratiast in the ancient Olympics won a match by using a maneuver which caused his neck to break, killing him instantly. His opponent suffered from a dislocated foot, and submitted. Arrichion was named the winner.