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TIL that in 1998, Vatican City had the highest murder rate in the world because of one double homicide

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789pX TIL of an invention to make cigarette packs produce coughing noises when picked up. In 1972, Lewis R. Toppel patented a smoking deterrent consisting of a cigarette case attached to a miniature record player. Every time the smoker moved the case to grab a cigarette, coughing noises would be played.
VM7vB TIL Angelina Jolie had a mastectomy due to having an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. Her chance of developing breast cancer dropped from 87% to under 5% after the mastectomy.
LkMGV TIL childless couples from developed countries pay $10,000 to $20,000 for african babies. Most babies are sold by parents or taken from child harvesting (baby farms).
OGx1e TIL in the 1980s, a newly-wed wife realized that her husband's family recipe book was actually the first cookbook ever written in the Korean alphabet, written by a noble named Lady Jang in the 1670s titled "Understanding the Taste of Food" (Eumshikdimibang)
e0PKg TIL that when Eric Clapton fell in with George Harrison's then wife (who Clapton would also later go on to marry), he challenged Harrison to a guitar dual to decide who should be with her. Their guitar battle went on for 2 hours.