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TIL that the blindfold was added to Lady Justice satirically, to say that Justice was blind to all the injustice before her. The blindfold was later repurposed to what we know today as representing that justice should be carried out impartially.

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R7EW9 TIL Men produce around 1,500 sperm - per second
R7xe4 TIL that Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line is the most northerly railway in the world
Brnme TIL that Prisons in Brazil reduce their sentences by 4 days for each book an inmate reads and writes a report on
QYQX TIL: A woman with Type 1 diabetes underwent an islet cell transplant. Since the transplant, her glucose levels have remained at a healthy level, and she was taken off insulin and has no dietary restrictions. “She is like a nondiabetic person but requires antirejection drugs,”