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TIL That 1 in 10 students are victims of unwanted sexual advances from educators

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9w4Lp TIL In China, Hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people are shackled or locked in cages at home because their families can't cope with their behavior.
1apoX TIL that in 2017, the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber allowed schools to stage their own version of his new musical ‘School of Rock’ for free, in a bid to tackle what he sees as a decline in arts education.
RQK6 TIL that a man thought to have taken part in the mexican revolution was was sentenced to death without a trial Shot 8-9 times and then shot point blank in the head. was found unconscious received medical treatment and recovered.
d8VAQ TIL that Pixar had to ask for permission to use the Omnidroid name as Lucasfilm has a trademark on the word "droid".
aaoM TIL that despite the story that Cleopatra killed herself by letting an asp bite her, it was more probable that she killed herself using a mixture of opium and hemlock.