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TIL that girls from Mozambique are sold by human traffickers for as little as $2.

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K7OR TIL that Pablo Picasso carried a revolver loaded with blanks, which he would shot at people who asked about the meaning of his paintings.
glWW TIL that soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi are often used instead of harmful pesticides in India
vPbvD TIL Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan during World War II, remained in power as a constitutional monarch until his death in 1989.
wL8rY TIL that in the 1946 California Gubernatorial Election, incumbent governor and future Justice Earl Warren won 91.1% of the Republican primaries... and 51.9% of the Democratic primaries earning both nominations. He would later go on to win a massive landslide of 91.6% in the general election.
WkYBY TIL that Oprah was born to a single mother, wore potato sacks for clothes, was molested by her family, and gave birth to a stillborn child at 14