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TIL Somalia has had a stateless justice system based on natural law since the 7th century

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ADgR4 TIL That a 19-Year-old student hid a spy camera in his clothing to take secret street photos in the 1890s, taking pictures of people in a natural state, rather than in the strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years.
QNvOa TIL that humans of non-African descent all come from Homo Sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans after migrating to Eurasia, making up 1-4% and 4-6% of DNA respectively
evp4 TIL The Diary of Anne Frank was actually most successful in Japan. The Japanese identified with her “as an important cultural figure who represented the destruction of youth during the war.”
Z1dR TIL in the early ‘80s (before the HIV epidemic), there was a popular brand of appetite suppressant candy called “Ayd’s”. Their unfortunate marketing slogan? “Lose weight with Ayd’s!!”.
0Pxv TIL in 2012, the parents of a teenage girl found out that their daughter was pregnant because Target’s internal computers had tracked their daughter’s purchases, concluded that she was pregnant and began sending her coupons geared towards pregnancy items