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TIL, in 1976 alone, the Indian government sterilized 6.2 million men

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VMaPk TIL that limping was a fad in Victorian England. Young women admired the genuine limp of Alexandra of Denmark, bride of the Prince of Wales. So, women went around fake limping, dubbed the "Alexandra Limp." Shopkeepers at the time sold pairs of shoes with one high heel and one low.
y6eM TIL that 70% of Mongolian nomads have solar power since 2013. The sun shines 250 days on average each year in Mongolia. It shines, even during the frigid winter days, on the hundreds of thousands of nomads who still roam the steppes, herding animals and living in dome-like tents calling gers.
gdyy TIL female kangaroos conceive again a few days after giving birth but the new embryo enters a dormant state that lasts until the previous young leaves the pouch
Zp00Y TIL Pseudacteon are flies who put their eggs into worker ants. The fly larva then turn the ant into a zombie and pilots it away from the nest. The ant's head falls off and the fly emerges two weeks later. Pseudacteon has been introduced as ant population controls.
KYO4w TIL it is possible to have multiple pupils or even multiple irises in one eye. The condition is called Polycoria.