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TIL 53% of Indian children are sexually abused

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9YZrp TIL Mainichi, the most popular daily newspaper in Japan, is made using a mixture of paper, water, then flower and herb seeds! When you’re finished reading, it can be planted.
R7Vm9 TIL in the Ottoman Empire, they would lock away spare male heirs in a part of the Imperial palace called the “Kafes” (“the cage”), and put them under lifelong confinement, unless they succeeded the throne. This was to avoid a war of succession, and ensure the survival of the royal dynasty.
Brwxr TIL The historical Buddha is not known to have been obese. The "chubby Buddha" or "laughing Buddha" is a 10th-century Chinese folk hero by the name of Budai.
jNX1N TIL that the location of a polling place can influence how people vote. For example, if it's at a school it may lead to people voting for increased funding to education.
4X6vo TIL George Harrison once told Art Garfunkel at a party, “My Paul is to me what your Paul is to you”, referring to feeling overshadowed and under appreciated.