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TIL that Algerian women make up 70% of their lawyers, 60% of their judges, 65% of their university students and usually bring in more household income than their husbands.

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5YNbR TIL of viruses that attack bacteria called ‘bacteriophages'. The term phage originates from Greek phagein, which translates as ‘to eat'. A single phage injects its genome into a bacterial cell, switching the cells' program in its favor. The host cell eventually dies, releasing about 100 new phages.
7v5Z TIL that two New Jersey day care employees were sentenced to prison in 2015 for running a toddler fight club
KOQE6 TIL London literally had a “train of the dead”. Called the London Necropolis Railway, the company and train line were formed to transport London’s freshly deceased (as well as living mourners) to Brookwood Cemetary, 23 miles away
Y7yjP TIL that there was a Viking king who ruled as the King of England for about 5 weeks.
LeL0 TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.