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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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jQVp TIL in India there is a statue of Jesus where water was mysteriously dripping from its toes. Worshipers would collect and sometimes drink the ‘holy water’. A man traced the source of the water to a clogged toilet behind the wall condensing on the statue. He had to flee the country as a result.
wEy8 TIL South Carolina used to sterilize women as a condition of receiving welfare.
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