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TIL that in the 1970s the LA Times published an article regarding Oliver, a purported human-chimp hybrid

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ZoeB TIL, the book “to train up a child” by Michael Pearl advocates the use of severe corporal punishment and even starvation to control children. It has been linked to multiple child deaths.
b6OVQ TIL: The one-shot manga "Shiroi Heya no Futari" (1971) by Ryoko Yamagishi is considered to be the first yuri (girls' love) manga.
VMn90 TIL that tigers are the most revenge-seeking animals on Earth.
d8k1Z TIL a golden chamber with ultra-sensitive lightbulbs is buried under a mountain in Japan and contains water so pure that it can be corrosive and dissolve metal- and it's helping scientists detect neutrinos from dying stars.
ZAy4 TIL that Reagan declared ‘War on Drugs,’ in 1982 and privatized prisons in 1983.