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TIL the image of a ninja dressed all in black comes from the convention of depicting ninjas as wearing the costume of stagehands in Japanese kabuki theater

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Py8Z TIL JFK’s sister Rosemary Kennedy, was born mentally disabled because during her birth, the doctor was not immediately available and the nurse ordered Rose Kennedy to keep her legs closed, forcing the baby’s head to stay in the birth canal for two hours…resulting in a harmful loss of oxygen.
Wk8EL TIL over 90% of Chinese, and the vast majority of the Eastern world are lactose intolerant. The West aren't due to a genetic mutation that happened 12000 years ago.
epa9E TIL that Tour de France cyclists can eat up to 8000 calories per day averaging around 5000 daily. Three weeks, 21 stages, 3,351km, 176 cyclists and a combined burn of 25 million calories.
YppA TIL A Japanese girl was crushed to death by a gate that was slammed shut because she was tardy to class.
8arNK TIL about the "Cash for Kids" scandal where two judges sent thousands of kids to jail in exchange for money from a for-profit detention centers.