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TIL Britney Spears’ father has a permanent conservatorship on her daughter, which is usually reserved for the severely mentally ill. Britney has reportedly stated that she really wants to quit the show business, but she can’t make any personal or financial decisions and is forced to continue.

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Eggx TIL on August 9, 1965, Singapore was expelled from Malaysia, becoming the first and only country to date to achieve independence unwillingly
pYnrQ TIL Male snakes have a double-penis and females have a pair of clitorises. Due to anatomic location they are not involved in the reproduction process but hold tactile sensitive nerve endings. According to Australian scientists this implies snakes might receive stimulation and pleasure during mating.
p8A88 TIL In 2005, A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing and robbery at a pizza restaurant. He asked the judge to extend his prison sentence to 33 years to match Larry Bird's jersey number. It was granted and the prisoner later regretted it.
69pow TIL about the Ben Franklin effect, a psychological phenomenon in which it is said a person will like someone better after doing them a favor. This is a result of cognitive dissonance, where the brain naturally reasons that if you are helping someone, it must be because you like them.
GY9ZE TIL that D.D. Palmer, the creator of chiropractic medicine, claimed to have received his ideas on chiropractic from "the other world" and considered declaring chiropractic to be a religion.