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TIL Instead of calling overprotective parents “Helicopter Parents”, people in Sweden call them “Curling Parents”

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OGlP7 TIL of serial killer Peter Moore, who murdered four men, and whom befriended fellow serial killer Harold Shipman while in prison.
e01bb TIL that raccoons have extremely sensitive front paws, and often moisten objects to "see" them better with their paws (largely to determine if they are food).
xVLMb TIL that two inmates sued the state of Alabama, claiming the cramped space in their cell was a cruel and unusual punishment. The state argued that students at Auburn University actually paid to live in even smaller living space in the Magnolia Dorm. The inmates lost the case.
rRxeo TIL that the age of clog didn't only introduce "clog dancing", but also the illegal "clog fighting" or "purring". In this fighting, men would wear clogs on their feet and violently kick each other, while otherwise being entirely naked! This would be to try and settle disagreements once and for all.
oyK8 TIL North Korea invented its own basketball scoring system: three points for a dunk, four points for a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds