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TIL in Japan, a husband can legally divorce his wife for sex neglect, but wives cannot make the same claim about their husbands.

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OoQKY TIL Indian law says there should be a polling place within 2 km (1.25) of each citizen, so authorities have to set up a polling station in a lion infested forest for ONE MAN
1aypD TIL Kenny Sailors, the inventor of the modern-day jump shot, is shockingly not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
rRp1y TIL of the Fan Meifuri Movement. In 1948, protests erupted in China as Americans pardoned known Japanese WW2 War Criminals. Fearing communist influence, the KMT cracked down hard against the protests. This in turn demoralized many nationalists with the KMT, aiding the CCP's victory in 1949.
E1YmW TIL that there are languages without the terms “Left, Right, Front, and Behind.” These cultures use “North, South, East, and West” their whole lives no matter if they are in a room or in the woods. The result is a compass brain. They always know how they are oriented.
Ej57 TIL that 2 people in Greenland died of botulism after eating poorly prepared Kiviak, a delicacy in which a seal is stuffed full of birds then left to ferment. The family of the first victim - not knowing that the meal caused his death - served it at his funeral, leading to the death of his daughter.