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TIL that during China's one child policy, 324 million Chinese women were pressured into being surgically fitted with contraceptive devices and 108 million were sterilized

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D1JVY TIL that there is an island called Pheasant Island and it's owned by two countries. For the first six months of the year it belongs to Spain and for the other six to France.
R7L9Q TIL of a marine who called customer service in the middle of a firefight for help repairing his broken rifle. The weapon was firing properly again within 45 seconds.
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