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TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands

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Q1BX TIL Nancy Cowen was forced to leave behind her cat Cleo, whom she had adopted as a stray, when she moved into a nursing home. About two weeks later however, Cleo managed to find the nursing home where she is now reunited with her owner as care staff intend on keeping them together.
VMEb4 TIL after 6 months, winning the lottery does not make households happier, nor do neighbours’ winnings reduce happiness.
oBdDK TIL, in order to enforce the "one child policy", 324 million Chinese women were subjected to mandatory IUD insertions between 1980 to 2014. Usually with a type that couldn't be removed without major surgery.
newNb TIL Abraham Lincoln's interest in law starts at the bottom of a barrel. Lincoln was running a store when he bought a barrel full of rubbish from a traveler. Upon emptying the barrel Lincoln found a complete set of 'Blackstone's Commentaries' which he spent more time reading than manning the store.
1GmV TIL there is a worsening and unexplained epidemic in China involving violent, random individuals walking into elementary schools and mutilating or killing children.