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TIL “Rat-Children” in Pakistan. Where babies’ heads are placed in rings to stunt growth so that they appear disabled. These children are sold for large sums of money to become professional beggars

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j69Nj TIL that the US has a national cycling route network, the United States Bicycle Route System. It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes with off-road paths, bicycle lanes, and low-traffic roads.
X476 TIL that lethal injections in China are administered in mobile execution vans
JBQv TIL Jennifer Lopez’s parents told her becoming a movie star was “really stupid” and that “no Latinos did that”. Fifteen years later, she became the first person to have a number one album and film in the same week.
ANx0n TIL at Germany’s Klaasohm festival on Borkum Island, masked men traditionally chased women and beat them with a cow horn, a ritual linked to whaling history. After public outrage and political intervention, the practice was abolished.
yOBv TIL that Emma Stone’s husky, raspy voice is the result of having colic as a baby. Her vocal chords are now callused because of how severe the colic was.