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TIL country music is positively correlated with suicide rates in metropolitan areas

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neOyP TIL that Cambodia under the leadership of the communist Khmer Rouge committed a genocide which killed a quarter of Cambodia's 1975 population (c. 7.8 million). Those targeted were Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, and people with glasses.
78klZ TIL that the Philippines, despite being a former Spanish colony, uses the Portuguese naming convention—where Filipinos usually carry more than 1 first name, their mother's surname (as the middle name), and their father's surname.
Abla TIL Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter advising a friend to take an older mistress, since “covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one”
ADRkn TIL In 2015, Tu Youyou became the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize, for helping to create an anti-malaria medicine. In China, she is being called the "three noes" winner: no medical degree, no doctorate, and she's never worked overseas
lM9G TIL the Catholic Church not only allows beaver for Lenten consumption, but also Puffin, Goose, Capybara, Alligator and Ham Beers.