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TIL the Popsicle Index is a quality of life measurement coined by Catherine Austin Fitts as the percentage of people in a community who believe that a child in their community can safely leave their home, walk to the nearest possible location to buy a popsicle, and walk back home.

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e06m4 TIL of Aki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who has devoted his life to removing landmines in Cambodia and to caring for young landmine victims. Since 1992 he has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines, and is the founder of the Cambodian Landmine Museum.
9wxxp TIL that a female Adactylidium mite is born already carrying fertilized eggs. After a few days, the eggs hatch inside her, and she gives birth to several females and one male. The male mates with all of his sisters inside their mother. Then, the offspring eats their mother from the inside out.
p8QoA TIL that Marvel Comics' Thanos and DC Comics' Darkseid, as well as sharing many other similarities, were created by the same person
gr0v4 TIL that various animals have been awarded degrees, exposing the fraudulent activities of “degree mills.” One instance includes a cat that received an MBA and had a 3.5 GPA.
Pmvw TIL That an Ohio judge sentenced a woman to sit in the smelliest area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, for animal abuse. “If you puke, you puke.”