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TIL: 1 in 5 German parents regrets having children and would prefer to live their life without them.

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WboA TIL India’s government once released about 25,000 flesh-eating turtles to clean up corpses polluting the Ganges river.
OQk7 TIL that Jane Roe is now a strong Pro-Life supporter. She is actively working in order to get the Supreme Court to overturn her case, Roe v Wade.
ZlgD TIL the steel used in the US to make structural beams, plates and reinforcing bars is nearly 100% recycled. Employing 1 metric ton (1000kgs) of recycled steel saves the need for the extraction and use of 1.1 metric tons of iron ore, 630 kilograms of coal, and 55 kilograms of limestone.
XwOD TIL if all the LEGO bricks produced were shared out equally every single person on Earth would own 86 LEGO bricks.
6dJl TIL in a 2011 Brazilian prison riot, the inmates decapitated 6 pedophiles and refused to stop rioting until their demands were met which included “two pounds(one kilogram) of marijuana, a television set, fans to cool the cells and the right to receive home cooked meals.”