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TIL Over 40 Sri Lankan students at University of Kang Ning were tricked into working in Taiwan underground factories and slaughterhouses

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kakg TIL that in Ethiopia ‘marriage by abduction,’ which is often followed by rape and forced pregnancy accounts for 69% of all the nation’s marriages.
epkn4 TIL in 1858, as Congress was debating slavery in Kansas at 2:00AM, a large fight of 30+ Members erupted on the House floor. After the sitting house speaker banged his gavel and threatened to arrest noncompliant Members, the "melee dissolved into a chorus of laughs and jeers."
x6JL5 TIL that the Kingdom of Portugal and the Portuguese Republic were founded on the same day (October 5, the Kingdom being founded by the Treaty of Zamora and the Republic being founded by the 1910 revolution).
KYlJ TIL that a Greek soldier chased his dog across the border resulting in a Bulgarian invasion. It was called the “War of the Stray Dog”.
aGaL TIL that telling other people about your goals gives the illusion you’re closer to achieving them, making you less likely to complete them