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TIL South Africa is the only country in the world that has developed nuclear weapons and then later gave them up

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bab4 TIL that in 2006, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia launched a $1.2 million program to retrain prostitutes as nursing-home caregivers. A supporter explained they had “good people skills, aren’t easily disgusted, and have zero fear of physical contact.”
VBpdG TIL there was a 2018 Scooby-Doo and Batman crossover film, where the Scooby gang teams up with Batman to take down villains from both worlds.
AQGl TIL NASA offers $17000 for people willing to lay in bed for 3 Months
LkAVp TIL researchers found a mother dolphin who adopted a young melon-headed whale; the dolphin mother nursed the whale who often pushed his "adoptive sister" away from the mother. The whale took on bottlenose behaviors such as surfing, jumping, & socializing with other young males.
7AbZ TIL that there is a society in India where men are the weaker sex and desire equality. The youngest daughter inherits, children take their mother’s surname, and once married, men live in their mother-in-law’s home.