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TIL the genetic imprint from traumatic experiences carries through at least two generations in mice

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B6mW TIL a little old lady (Dorothea Puente) ran a halfway house in Sacramento for the down and out. She murdered 7 of the residents and buried them in the front yard.
8a15G TIL in the original Pinocchio story he is executed by hanging. The Fox and the Cat bind his arms, pass a noose around his throat and hang him from the branch of an oak tree.
OorYX TIL that in UK in the 18th century people with epilepsy were automatically thrown in prison, because at the time criminology centered around physical features determining whether the individual was guilty or not
4XXeJ TIL the Soviets invaded Japan after they conquered Berlin and took an area bigger than France in half the time it took Germany to (3 weeks vs 6), and that the nukes were only half the reason Japan surrendered, this was the other half.
wdd6 TIL Tobacco has been cultivated for so long that it no longer grows naturally in the wild.