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TIL Uganda has an Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce due to the amount of people being killed by witch-doctors

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NkDE TIL that WHO barred the US-based International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) from taking part in ‘WHO activities setting microbiological or chemical standards for food and water’ because 60 per cent of ILSI’s budget comes from ‘hundreds of chemical, food and drug companies’
P1gPZ TIL that not only did Barbie creator Ruth Handler name Barbie after her daughter Barbara, but she then named Ken after her son Kenneth.
Qao9 TIL left-spiraling snails are generally as rare as left handed humans, especially because left and right spiraled snails can’t mate together easily, but in Japan snakes gobble up righties easily but can’t bite into the lefties, so there are way more lefties.
1abVr TIL that the Seventh amendment of the constitution hasn’t changed since it was written so inflation hasn’t been applied despite being over 200 years old.
ymaw TIL there was a radio station in San Jose whose call letters were KOME. Their slogans included “Don’t touch that dial, it’s got KOME on it,” “You’ve got KOME… oozing out of your speakers,” and “Wake up with KOME in your ear.”