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TIL The dimples on a woman’s back are known as the Dimples of Venus

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loaQA TIL of Marcos Rodriguez Pantoja, a man who grew up in the wild amongst wolves from an early age until 19 years old. In 2018 he expressed he was disappointed with humanity and wished to return to the wild
RoeQ TIL the Fahrenheit system was designed with the freezing point of brine as 0 degrees, 32 degrees as the freezing point of water, and 96 degrees as the temperature of the human body. The difference between 32 and 96 was useful for instrumentation at the time (64 can be bisected 6 times).
alXA TIL in 1927 the United States Supreme Court ruled to allow for the compulsory sterilization (for example, cutting of the fallopian tubes) of those deemed to be “unfit” and “feeble minded”. This decision was seen as a way to improve the human race by genetic selection.
oRJ68 TIL that Ben & Jerry's had to apologise after inadvertently naming an ice cream flavour after a brutal paramilitary group.
XLjR TIL a man received 5 years in prison after being caught sprinkling his feces onto baked goods at a grocery store.