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TIL 'Octopusues' is the grammatically correct plural for more than one octopus

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GEpE TIL of Vietnam’s girl abduction problem. Chinese one child policy led to an imbalance as parents preferred boys over girls. There are no girls for the boys to marry and has caused a kidnapping industry where girls are abducted from neighboring vietnam for Chinese boys to marry or for prostitution.
5V7LP TIL there have been 6 different designs on the US Dime since it’s inception back in 1792
Arro TIL comedian Eddie Izzard completed 43 marathons in 51 days with no history of long distance running
gMWkA TIL that 12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and generates $2bn per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.
XEgB8 TIL Before antibiotics, patients with Tuberculosis were sent to Colorado Springs as it was believed dry air and sunshine helped in the treatment. TB sanatoriums, or small hut-like structures with ventilation, still litter backyards and properties around the city.