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TIL of "Skin Hunger" , where not receiving adequate human touch can have emotional and physical consequences.

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wLNyW TIL that Omar Bongo was the President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. After Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, Bongo became the world's longest-ruling non-royal leader. He was one of the longest-serving non-royal rulers since 1900.
PKBg TIL A Pennsylvania man electrocuted his wife using nipple clamps and tried to pass it off as an accident. He is serving 20-40 years in prison.
J1Y8 TIL There was an intensive study to create a visual guide for the perfect white female butt.
ADrkn TIL - New Hampshire is the only state in the US where drivers over the age of 18 aren't required to wear a seat belt.
Eg97p TIL about Andrew Kehoe, who was a Michigan farmer who became disgruntled after losing reelection as treasurer of the Bath Township school board. He subsequently murdered his wife and then detonated bombs at the school on May 18, 1927. 38 children and 6 adults were killed.