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TIL that sand tiger embryos will consume their siblings before being born.

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4kMNR TIL people can guess if a person is rich or not by judging said persons' face, with a 68 percent accuracy
P17Og TIL that a dowry was originally paid to the bride's family as compensation for the loss of her labor and reproductive potential.
8akvV TIL the term "Life unworthy of life", used by the Nazis to describe the targets of the Holocaust, had been around since 1920 referring to mental disabilities, and later was adopted and extended by the Nazis to include racial differences.
9oaB TIL that in January 1992, the banking system of Rhode Island suddenly collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of people lost access to their bank account for months, even years. Protesters were reported to smear excrement on the walls of the Rhode Island legislature in anger.
LkM6Q TIL that former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff Baxter is also a missile defense consultant for the United States government