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TIL 8,000 Years Ago, 17 Women Reproduced for Every One Man | An analysis of modern DNA uncovers a rough dating scene after the advent of agriculture.

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LQZZ TIL There is a pirate ‘stock exchange’ in Somalia where locals can invest in pirate gangs planning hijacking missions
d8mQr TIL that an Iranian director made a documentary about his life as a dissident under house arrest, and had it smuggled out of the country on a USB stick hidden inside a birthday cake. He also defied a 20-year filmmaking ban to make the movie.
ydpJ TIL 24 yr old woman was sentenced to 20 months in jail for sending abusive Facebook messages to herself from fake profiles she made for her father and his wife
XnBX TIL some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection
LQYed TIL that Singapore banned chewing gum 1992 to 2004. The ban was so strict that travelers had to declare any gum at immigration, and violators faced fines up to S$10,000 or jail time.