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TIL Belgian Colonists cut the hands of children if villages did not meet Rubber Quotas in Congo

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5Yg0D TIL that Wolfenstein's B.J. Blazkowicz is the father of Billy Blaze from Commander Keen, who grew up to become the father of Doomguy, meaning Wolfenstein is a prequel to Doom.
4kk4R TIL evidence of persistence hunting primarily comes from a single researcher and has no where near the support in Anthropology as it does in pop-science and running circles.
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1XG4 TIL if you have been convicted of a felony, you permanently lose your right to vote in Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
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