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TIL slavery was not abolished in Ethiopia until 1942

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aw1Vb TIL that barbers in Turkey use fire to singe off the fine hairs in your ears
oB6oW TIL that a totally blind British MP was convinced in 1923 to have all his teeth removed to restore his eyesight, only to die from blood poisoning
jNvZE TIL the Harry Potter books sold roughly the same as the movies at $7.7 billion USD
KYvGB TIL that out of the approximately 50,000 known species of spiders, only about 25 (1/20 of 1%) contain venom that can, to some degree, injure humans. You should expect to find zero to three of these species in any particular locality. The term "medically significant" spiders refer to these species.
xNDg TIL The RIAA Tried To Outlaw MP3 Players In 1998.