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TIL 1.7-3.3%of fathers are unknowingly raising children that aren’t their own

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ow5Y TIL on the first day of Lent in the village of Brodilovo, Bulgaria, villagers practice ‘Dog Spinning.’ A dog is suspended above water on a rope. The dog is turned repeatedly in a given direction to wind the rope, then released so that it spins rapidly in the opposite direction as the rope unwinds.
9kP6 TIL that as late as the 19th century as many as 2,000 families a day were evicted from their homes in Scotland. Many froze or starved to death where their homes had been.
k75g TIL that in 1950 ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ was conducted on unsuspecting residents of San Francisco by the US military in a germ-warfare simulation and Nuremberg Code violation that utilized the Bay Area’s iconic fog to help spread two kinds of bacteria over the city.
QdvM TIL Jaguars primary killing canine teeth have nerves that help find the perfect points to clamp down to maximize killing effectiveness.
7reJP TIL the so-called 'Autism Epidemic' isn't an epidemic at all but rather an increase in reported incidents due to a growing awareness of autism and changes to the condition’s diagnostic criteria.