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TIL the Paraguayan War reduced Paraguay’s population from 525,000 to 221,000, of which only 28,000 were male

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1xmW TIL in 1998 director Guillermo del Toro’s father was kidnapped and held for ransom for $1 million by Mexican bandits. Guillermo del Toro had recently invested most of his funds in the film Mimic. Good friend James Cameron gave del Toro the money, and his dad was released 72 days later.
6EwaX TIL that Japan has vending machines that dispense used women’s underwear, puppies, slushees, and other very unique items.
vPR87 TIL Tasmanian Devils bear up to 50 babies, but only have four nipples. The first four babies that successfully make it from the birth canal into the pouch stand a chance of surviving, while the rest die and are eaten by the mother.
kQVB TIL: A Paris shooting survivor sued a TV station for giving away his location during the shooting
eK8n TIL South African Department of Health Distributed 44 million condoms, stapling each one to instruction cards written in the country’s 11 official languages.