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TIL There is a all women vigilanty group in India called the Gulabi Gang that hunt down men who commit crimes against women.

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v1Y4r TIL that the phrase 'from time immemorial' has specific legal meaning in British law, and begins on 6 July 1189, the day Richard I assumed the throne.
WXG8 TIL the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. for 2011 was suicide.
b9lWp TIL as recently as 2014, almost 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 1 in 3 wild boars in Germany are still too radioactive for humans to consume. In fact, some are more than 15 times the legal limit and the contamination is thought to originate nearly 700 miles away.
a8YDb TIL sucking in your stomach for years causes Hourglass Syndrome, which can malform your entire rib cage
E1koP TIL that the obelisk that stands at the centre of Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City, is a four thousand year old Egyptian obelisk that was brought to Rome from Alexandria by Caligula in 37 AD.