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TIL there is a gypsy tribe in India that celebrates death as one of the happiest events in their lives, while treating births as occasions of great grief.

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m1Y9o TIL that in mediaeval England, an area of special legal jurisdiction extended around the monarch and his court and traveled with him. Legal cases that arose within a 12-mile radius of the monarch (known as the "verge") were tried before a Court of the Verge.
OGK7a TIL that the saliva of Komodo dragons - contrary to popular belief - doesn't have more bacteria than other carnivores, and actually have a very good mouth hygiene.
YEB7 TIL the president of Georgia (the country) fired the entire Georgian police force in 2005 because of its corruption.
R5ml TIL that there is a boat which sails around to countries with restrictive abortion laws, and offers abortions in international waters.
EgoKX TIL that in Anglo-Saxon England between 10 and 30 per cent of the population were slaves. Slave raids on different parts of the British Isles were common. The Medieval French church turned against slavery around 1000 AD and when the Normans invaded in 1066 they slowly ended the practice.