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TIL that the medical practice of bloodletting persisted into the 20th century in the US

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84gV TIL that the Japanese justice system has a 99.8% conviction rate, mostly reliant on confessions that are often procured using methods such as detention for days with severe interrogation, or grabbing their ankles to make their feet stomp on the names of family members.
eXWD TIL Hawaiian Airlines lets you travel with a 10lbs box of Pineapples or Papaya for free on any flight leaving Hawaii.
XP6D TIL Alexander the Great’s will called for the “transplant of populations from Asia to Europe and in the opposite direction… to bring the largest continent to friendship by means of intermarriage and family ties”
k6ne TIL Some frogs vomit by throwing up their entire stomach, emptying it with their arms, then swallowing it again.
ENlX TIL The C.I.A. keeps a Flickr account. It has hundreds of declassified maps, diagrams and photos.