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TIL 55-60% of people in Pakistan marry their first cousin

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9YxaX TIL in 2015 a high school student won a $425k settlement after being suspended for 2 months for replying “Actually, yeah” to an internet post asking if he made out with a teacher.
x6VJ0 TIL Mini pigs aka Teacup pigs are a hoax. They are just potbellied pigs that have been underfed to stunt their growth and will eventually grow to weigh 100-150 pounds.
Wbxd TIL A&W tried to capitalize on the success of the Quarter Pounder by introducing a 1/3 pound burger in the 1980s. Despite being larger and outperforming the Quarter Pounder in blind taste tests, the 1/3 pounder failed because consumers didn’t know that 1/3 was bigger than ¼.
BrK9b TIL that in Buddhism, one "Aeon" is the amount of time it takes to completely erode a huge rock 16x16x16 miles in size, by brushing it with a silk cloth once a century.
kJ7oW TIL Alec Guinness was the same age playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars as was Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the Force Awakens