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TIL about the shame pole. Tlingit tribes would erect a totem pole to publicly ridicule individuals guilty of dishonorable acts

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O1og TIL that Tim Curry has been wheelchair bound since having a stroke in 2013.
AN1Qa TIL The Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and the United States are the only seven countries in the United Nations that do not require employers to provide paid time off for new parents.
neVZY TIL only three people were trained to pack the parachutes used in Apollo. NASA forbade them from riding in the same car.
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7Lop TIL that Pepsi and Coca-Cola are used as Pesticide by Farmers in India as they are cheap and get the job done.