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TIL that in Pakistan over 60% of the marriages are between cousins.

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8eLw8 TIL director and writer of A Knight's Tale, Brian Helgeland, said that he intended to show what Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Paul Bettany) might have been doing that inspired him to write The Canterbury Tales during the six months in which he seems to have gone missing in 1372.
wLlDM TIL that the Lyre bird imitates its surroundings in song, including mechanical noises
ADM9l TIL An Extinct Bird Re-Evolved Itself Back Into Existence
XEGW8 TIL that in 2016 a class action lawsuit was filed against Procter & Gamble, seeking settlements for victims of chemical burns and rashes caused by using certain sticks of Old Spice deodorant.
1Xmd TIL Pedophiles are of significantly lower IQ and even height than average and suffer from head injuries at double the average rate