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TIL That Iran surpasses all Muslims countries in teaching evolution in its school curriculum.

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JpbV TIL Judge Cicconetti of Ohio dispenses what he calls creative justice. He has sentenced a man who stole from the Salvation Army to spend 24 hours homeless, a woman who abandoned 35 kittens in a forest to spend a night in the woods, & noisy neighbours to listen to classical music instead of rock
gYJX TIL that Eliahu Itzkovitz’s family was murdered in the Holocaust by a guard named Stănescu. When he learned that Stănescu was serving in the French Foreign Legion, Itzkovitz deserted from the Israeli Navy, joined the Legion, became Stănescu’s trusted subordinate, and gunned him down
yQnwM TIL about Britches, an infant monkey who was taken from his mother shortly after birth and had his eyes sewn shut, so researchers could study his blindness. He was broken out by animal rights activists.
rNele TIL that if a man has a kid over age 30, the child inherits 50% more genetic mutations than if he were 18
NwO6 TIL The United States only has 36 lbs of plutonium left. The Mars Curiosity rover uses 10 lbs of it all for itself.