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TIL child sex trafficking has monetarily surpassed the illegal sale of arms in the US.

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wL4MW TIL of Fukushi Masaichi, collector of tattoos taken from the dead. He had acquired these skins by working in a charity hospital, and by offering people money "to finish their tattoos on the condition he could harvest the tattoo when they died."
janQ TIL a popular Christmas decoration in the Nordics, the Yule Goat, is a tradition going back to pre-Christian days. A popular prank was to place a goat made of straw in your neighbour’s house without them noticing, and the victim would then repeat the act
LdOp TIL that 100,000 years ago, at least three major rivers existed in Sahara
mxxEv TIL about the "Batman Effect", which shows that wearing a Batman-mask improves perseverance among 4-6 years olds
K7G4 TIL Moriusaq, Greenland had a population of 3 in 2009. A case of self defense dropped the population to 2.