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TIL 98% of women in Somalia have experienced forced gential mutilation

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gJE7 TIL that the Chinese Massacre of 1871 is quite possibly the worst mass lynching in US History. Nearly 1/10 of the entire population of LA at the time laid siege to Chinatown and approximately 15-20 Chinese Americans were lynched.
KOoVQ TIL that there are orchids whose flowers look like female bees. When males try to mate with them, they transfer pollen. The Ophrys Apifera species mimics a bee species that went extinct long ago. So, the only memory of the bee is a painting by a dying flower.
BrpvL TIL in 2002, a British woman was so annoyed by Jehovah Witnesses repeatedly knocking on her door, she waited until they were holding a service, then started pounding on the front doors of their church. Then, she tried to get them to change religions. After about a half-hour, she was forced to leave
E1BZP TIL that the English borough of Dunwich was swallowed by the sea in 1670, but continued to be represented in Parliament until 1832
X0v7k TIL that, other than The Beatles, Mariah Carey holds the most number ones in US history (19)