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TIL the island of Camiguin in the Philippines has more volcanoes than towns

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5VXm9 TIL that lower class Germans are stereotyped as giving their children names that sound exotic in German, such as “Kevin.” Prejudice against people with such names is strong enough that the term “Kevinism” was coined to describe it.
69XG8 TIL that Portland, Oregon uses falconers to deter crows from roosting in the city center
6VkX TIL Orangutangs have been held captive & used as sex slaves - “We found her chained to a wall, lying on a mattress. She had been shaved all over her body….If a man walked near her, she would turn herself around, present herself, & start gyrating and going through the motions”
7rM97 TIL of Diren Dede, a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany, who entered the garage of Markus Kaarma looking for alcohol, and Kaarma deliberately set alcohol out as bait. Kaarma was sentenced to 70 years in prison for deliberate homicide.
vAkR TIL During the 1872 election, presidential incumbent Ulysses S. Grant ran against a corpse. His opponent, Horace Greeley, died before the election was finalized. Grant won the election.