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TIL The Mexican Drug War is considered to be one of the largest currently ongoing armed conflicts based on number of recent fatalities.

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EgyEd TIL humans ability to digest milk and other dairy products and survive on a vegetable-heavy diet only emerged about 6,000 years ago. Before that, they were meat-eaters.
kO695 TIL: China has a strong PC gaming community as consoles were illegal for 15 years until 2015 due to fears of negative mental development.
PnBn TIL Homeless children in the 90’s in Miami developed their own elaborate mythology.
wLPQ7 TIL about Piaget’s theory of development. He believed infants in the early stages of development lack object permanence (the understanding that people and things still exist even when you can’t see them). Which would explain why peekaboo is so intriguing for them!
rRa01 TIL when Halle Berry won 'Worst Actress' for Catwoman (2004) at the Razzie Awards, she accepted the award in person, holding her Oscar for Monster's Ball (2001) in one hand and the Razzie in the other. She thanked Warner Bros. during her speech for putting her in "a piece of shit, god-awful movie."