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TIL Adult skeletons are replaced every 10 years

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5VDnr TIL Over 10,000 babies were born from Flirty Fishing, a form of evangelism by sexual intimacy practiced by the cult Children of God, where female members ("fisherwomen") would apply their sex appeal on "fish", men outside the cult, using the occasion to proselytize and seek donations.
PYVpe TIL 4000 British troops sacrificed themselves and distract the German advance long enough for the evacuation of Dunkirk to be a success.
epjX4 TIL about "the Fresh bread ban" - WWI British regulation that made it illegal to sell bread until 12 hours after it had been baked - previous research showed that stale bread was being consumed 5% less, thus helping alleviate supply shortages
7rnDr TIL porn searches increase 4,700% when kids get home from school.
MeZo8 TIL that the Colombian town of López de Micay is the wettest place in the world, with an average of 315 rainy days a year (the least rainy month is February, with 23 rainy days), and an average of 16000 mm of rainfall annually