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TIL; Actress Liv' Tyler (Who played the elf Arwen in LOTRs from age 20 to 27) - Did not know Steven Tyler was her father until she was 10, she even met him at age 8, and had a "crush" on him, before she actually confronted her mother and learned he was her father.

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wdLM TIL there is a school in Moscow whose mission is to enable Russian women to snag rich husbands. Part of the curriculum includes “strengthening and toning the muscles using special equipment — a kind of gym for the vagina.”
LNAp TIL There is a vigilante group of women in India whose mission includes beating up abusive husbands.
x6OJ0 TIL goose dad, a South Korean term for fathers who work in Korea while their families live abroad for English education, driven by "English Fever". The intense feeling of loneliness and desolation can lead them to engage in extramarital affairs, commit suicide, or face the risk of dying alone
MeK0A TIL Roman soldiers were given one pound of meat daily. For an army 120 sheep were killed a day just for the meat ration. Or 60 hogs. Huge flocks of livestock were herded and grazing alongside an army. Roman soldiers were a mule more than anything else. They carried very heavy gear, on bad roads.
xVv65 TIL in China, the one-child policy has wreaked havoc. By encouraging the birth of boys rather than girls, an imbalance of the sexes has emerged. China will now have a surplus of 30 to 40 million men under the age of 19. That’s the equivalent of the entire population of young men in the United States