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TIL In 2014, a Chinese couple reportedly sold their two children to fund their internet gaming addictions

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4jM6 TIL Due to its frequent name changes it’s entirely possible a Russian was born in St. Petersburg, went to school in Petrograd, got married in Leningrad and died in St. Petersburg without ever having moved.
JMYV TIL: There is not a single documented case of piranhas eating a human
4XWO6 TIL Up to 6000 Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by American tanks fitted with ploughs during the Gulf War
awV6M TIL that honey bees only die after stinging humans and other mammals with thick skin, but are perfectly capable of attacking other insects. Their barbed stinger gets stuck in the thick skin making them disembowel themselves when they try to escape and die.
lbxG TIL actor Wallace Shawn, while playing Vizzini (“Inconceivable!”) in The Pricess Bride, didn’t understand the movie’s sense of humor. Director Rob Reiner gave him line readings, and he merely imitated them.