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TIL that Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.

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rNlKo TIL about folk horror, a genre of horror that relies on folklore. Examples include The Wicker Man, The Witch, Midsommar, and The Blood on Satan's Claw.
bjJQ TIL that Kurt Lee, the first Chinese-American US Marine Corps officer, yelled out orders in Mandarin Chinese to confuse opposing Chinese troops during the Battle of Inchon in the Korean War.
68EY TIL a young Frenchwoman robbed a bank with friends, her friends were caught, but she escaped and left the country. She obtained false documents and for 25 years lead a new life in Mexico where she became a psychotherapist and mother. Four days before the statue of limitations ended, she was arrested
80JK TIL that in Canada, there are currently NO shelters for male victims of violence or sexual abuse and that Earl Silverman, the previous owner and manager of the country’s only male shelter, committed suicide when he was forced to sell his house and shelter due to lack of funding.
5LkQ TIL that the Columbine shooters were neither bullied nor unpopular at school.