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TIL that today's rapid "Chorleywood Breadmaking Process" is one of the biggest culprits for the rapid rise in IBS

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bGgQ TIL Russian criminal and prisoners would get large chest and back tattoos of Stalin and Lenin, not out of respect, but to avoid having internal organs damaged during beatings by guards who would not denigrate the images.
wMvM TIL that Belarus is the last country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. The convicts are shot in the back of the head with a silenced PB-9 pistol. The whole procedure, starting with the announcement about denied appeals and ending with the gunshot, lasts no longer than two minutes.
nPDW TIL that according to the UN, babies born mid-flight are citizens of the country where the plane is registered.
grdNL TIL “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper is a cover song, and the OG was sung by a man named Robert Hazard
X05RX TIL NBA legend and Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas memorized 50 pages of the Manhattan White Pages as a party trick. Reportedly, in demonstrating this trick, Chess Champion Bobby Fisher would test Lucas's ability, and ended up astounded by this.