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TIL that last names have a natural tendency to go extinct over time-and that China experiences this with 96% of the population sharing only 200 surnames.

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7rbAP TIL of the existence of Greg Stanton's Ten Stage Model of the Genocidal Process & how tolerance for diversity is one of Greg Stanton's prescribed antidotes to prevent genocides from occurring.
dDmpE TIL Hugh Hefner paid $75000 for the burial spot next to Marilyn Monroe stating "Spending eternity next to Marilyn is too sweet to pass up
KgAE TIL Tommy Morrison believes he teleported himself out of a bar to avoid a fight
oBn0R TIL a Dutch man named Jan de Doot, in 1651, removed his own bladder stone with a kitchen knife. He pulled it out through an incision he made in his perineum. It was the size of an egg and weighed a quarter of a pound. He lived for years after, and had the stone plated in gold.
J1djV TIL of Arthur Dietzsch, A German sentenced in 1922 to 14 years in prison. He was labelled a communist by Nazis in 1933 and sent to a concentration camp. He was trained to treat typhoid patients and secretly aided the Resistance. Despite this, he was deemed guilty by Allies and sentenced to 15 years