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TIL that mothers are more likely to abuse their children.
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TIL that drinking a four-ounce shot of vanilla extract is equivalent to doing four shots of vodka
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TIL that since 1986, a grassroots group called Border Angels has been leaving bottled water in desert canyons to help migrants survive, even as the U.S. militarizes its border
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TIL that the village of Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra has no doors on its houses and shops. Locals believe that Lord Shani, the Hindu god of Saturn, guards the village and any thief who tries to steal will be punished by the deity. The village has had no thefts or robberies in recorded history.
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TIL there was an attempt to make a pigeon-guided missile in WW2
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TIL that male soldiers in the German military started growing breasts on their left sides due to repeated smacking of their rifles against their chests during precision drills. The focused strikes stimulated the production of hormones causing breast tissue to grow in over 70% of the soldiers.