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TIL that in Germany there is a project called Dunkelfeld that aims to treat paedophiles before they offend

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Yd9B TIL a Chinese family refused to sell their house to the goverment to build a highway, so the government road was built right up to their walls.
p8ZeG TIL Pakistan's name is actually an acronym: (P)unjabi, (A)fghani, (K)ashmiri, (S)indhi, and Balochis(TAN), with an extra ‘I’ to make it easier to pronounce
16nvP TIL the colourful arrowed sash (ceinture fléchée), a traditional piece of Québecois and Métis clothing, emerged from a boycott of British button-up coats: Québecois rebels used these sashes instead of British-produced buttons to hold their coats closed.
e0QL6 TIL about Gustave, an 18 foot, 2,000 lb man-eating Crocodile that is rumored to have eaten over 300 humans.
6EvZZ TIL that the TV show "Hannah Montana" was originally going to be called "Alexis Texas" before the producers realised that a porn star already had that name and had to change it to avoid young children searching the name online and accidentally coming across pornography.