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TIL That China's one child law involved a 'Family Planning Team' that hunted down pregnant women in hiding because they already had one child. That teams enforcement included inducing labor, then drowning or strangling the infant.

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bNpQ TIL Trailers were originally shown at the end of a film screening, but they were often ignored by audiences who left immediately after the film.
8mA8 TIL a 2007 lawsuit against GM could have brought deadly ignition switch failures to light — but the case was not pursued since Wisconsin law limits liability to $350,000 per death. GM issued a recall 7 years later, and paid $1.475 billion in fines and settlements.
VM8L8 TIL that screensavers were originally created to save CRT screens from burning an image into the display due to prolonged, unchanged use.
6E4VY TIL A woman visited the Gorilla enclosure at the Rotterdam zoo on a near daily basis and smiled at the male, Bokito while staring at him. She was warned not to but kept doing it, claiming Bokito smiled back and that they shared a bond, until one day Bokito escaped and charged her, almost killing her
YKeP TIL The same fictional beer “Heisler” is featured in How I Met Your Mother, Always Sunny, Malcolm in the Middle, Star Trek: Enterprise, My Name is Earl, Weeds, Superbad, Training Day, CSI, Workaholics, New Girl, etc.