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TIL some native Japanese have facial features linked to Jomon ancestry that are visually similar to those of Caucasians

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VxRp TIL that in Hindu astrology, if a woman has a negative mark on her horoscope that is believed to affect future marriage, she can marry a tree to transfer the bad luck to this ‘first’ marriage partner.
Z8Ovv TIL patients were deliberately infected with malaria to produce intense fevers to treat incurable late stage syphilis. The inventor of this method won a Nobel prize for this work in 1927
71o7 TIL in 1929 the US supreme court voted 8 -1 in favor a Euginics program requiring forced sterilization of citizens deemed not smart enough to reproduce
ADNna TIL That Ramen noodles are now used more in bartering than tobacco products in prison.
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