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TIL about General Butt Naked. A former child soldier and Liberian warlord who killed thousands, sacrificed many children and performed a lot of cannibalism. He is now an evangelical preacher and helps street children

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QJPGk TIL that in the late 1600s London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod, shout “Spanko!” and run away.
8LEG TIL Female Indonesian military applicants receive ‘two-finger’ virginity tests, involving doctors inserting fingers into their vagina and anus. Fiancees of male Indonesian military applicants are also subjected to these tests, sometimes conducted by men.
PY4Zw TIL The words Mama and Papa (and minor variations) are used all around the world when referring to parents.
QJxxp TIL "High" in High Crimes and Misdemeanors refers to "the office, not the offense" in fact, "the offense may not even be a breach of criminal statute" this is due to more being expected from our leaders and can even include dishonesty and abuse of authority.
e0EZJ TIL that there have been declared nations that lasted less than one day, including an 8 second claim of independence by the Catalonian prime minister during a speech in 2017