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TIL 31 States Allow Rapists to Sue for Custody and Visitation Rights

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XGg6 TIL that America has the most guns per capita in the world at 89 guns per 100 people
JYQkl TIL that a Canadian satirical political party, the Rhinoceros party threatened to declare war on Belgium. Said war would be cancelled if the Beligan embassy brought a case of mussels and Beligian beers to the party's Montreal hindquarters(sic). The Belgians did actually delivered
QJnAd TIL of the Beefalo, a 3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic cattle hybrid designed to mix the flavor and characteristics of beef and bison meat.
1aOLO TIL... that you can buy liquid mercury... O and an anvil will float in it due to its density
Y7ZAx TIL of the Wendat chief Kondiaronk, who's efforts concluded in what is known as The Great Peace of Montreal (1701) between France, the Iroquois, and the other Indian tribes of the Upper Great Lakes. This ended the Beaver Wars and helped open up the interior of North America to deeper French explorat