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TIL that despite being the only predominantly Catholic nation in Asia, President McKinley, unaware said that American occupation of the Philippines was necessary to "uplift and Christianize" the Filipinos.

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DQLbP TIL about virgin boy eggs, a traditional dish of Dongyang, Zhejiang, China in which eggs are boiled in the urine of young boys, preferably under the age of ten.
5B98 TIL that it took Pearl Jam around 70 times to record the song ‘Even Flow’, With guitarist Mike McCready stating, “I swear to God it was a nightmare. We played that thing over and over until we hated each other.”
rRjAw TIL in a small town of Poland Winnie the Pooh was banned from being a playground mascot after the local councillors declared him a 'hermaphrodite' of 'dubious sexuality' due to the bear's lack of clothes
XQkX TIL Rich kids bragging on social media, such as Instagram, are unwittingly providing incriminating evidence for prosecutors about their parents’ fraud schemes. Cybersecurity firms say they have been using social media evidence to nail fraud and assets in up to 75 percent of their cases.
gM9XD TIL the Germans put a weather station in North America in 1943 during World War 2 and no one noticed until 1977.