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TIL that very few remains have been recovered from the Battle of Waterloo. This is because the remains were likely sold and used as fertiliser.

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j6X6n TIL that UK used to do "virginity tests" at their airports on women coming from South Asian countries, these exams used to also occur on women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2021 this procedure was officially made illegal and criminalized in England and Wales
v1JNr TIL A century ago there were 100,000 tigers. Now there are just 3,900 remain in the wild. About 75% of the world's tiger population live in just one country.
091p TIL It’s completely legal for women to walk around topless in New York State
kjK5 TIL a 46 year old ex-NFL player suffered a head injury that caused him to lose ALL previous memories, even knowledge of concepts such as children, love, spouses, birthdays, etc.
p8jlQ TIL only about 4 percent of people have "outie" bellybuttons as adults. Surgeons now offer umbilicoplasty procedures to change the bellybutton's appearance and to turn outies into innies.