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TIL that over 90% of pregnancies in the United Kingdom and Europe with a diagnosis of Down syndrome are terminated.

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dGxE TIL that ghost peppers are used in India as a repellant to ward off elephants, preventing them from eating and destroying crops
9YMMr TIL Dolph Lundgren received a full scholarhip to study enginering at MIT but dropped out to become the bodyguard to Jamaican singer Grace Jones. They developed a romantic relationship and Jones convinced him to move with her to New York where he pursued an acting career.
LkY1r TIL in 1913, a study was published on "the feeling of being stared at". It was found to be groundless, attributed to you being nervous about how you look when someone's looking at you.
oMOL TIL an optimized road trip stopping at a major landmark in each of the 48 contiguous U.S. states would take roughly 9.33 days of driving to complete
1jdr TIL that in the aboriginal Canadian version of Lacrosse, each team consisted of about 100 to 1000 men, was played on a 1600ft to 10000ft long field and lasted from sunrise to sundown for two to three days straight. It was a symbolic alternative to war.