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TIL Men are gang-raped by women on the Trobriand Islands as part of their annual Yam Festival.

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kOmee TIL that when US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara visited South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, he didn't know that Vietnamese was a tonal language. So, he thought that he was saying "Long live a free Vietnam!" but actually said "Vietnam, go to sleep!"
57V8 TIL swearing can increase pain tolerance and reduce the fear of being in pain.
Bg0XK TIL that Nepal has the lowest average IQ of any country with 42.99 IQ with Liberia and Sierra Leone following close by at 45.07.
M7kK7 TIL about the Lost Children of the Alleghenies, two young children who disappeared from their home in Pavia, PA in 1856. They died from exposure after being missing for several days and were found in the forest by a local farmer who dreamt,for two nights, of clues that led to the children's bodies.
nemlB TIL Zach Galifianakis pays the rent of an 87-year-old lady who used to live at the laundromat he used before he was famous and he sometimes takes her to his film premieres.