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TIL China has nearly 100 million Wangs

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wGB8 TIL The bezel on a dive watch only rotates counterclockwise- The reason for this is so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive, it will only move one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to end his dive early.
d0L9 TIL Yesterday, some Russians got the day off to procreate, in celebration of the annual “Day of Conception”. Couples that give birth exactly nine months later get a prize:
5Yy1r TIL that a majority of confederate monuments were erected decades after the South lost the Civil War
eYlE TIL of the Golden Gumboot, a competition between two Australian towns for the wettest town in Australia. The winning town each year is awarded a rubber boot.
0wvdL TIL Menstrual (Period) Blood is a Rich Source of Stem Cells Without the Ethical Dilemma of Other Sources