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TIL that people in Berlin call the Soviet Soldier monument “The Tomb of the Unknown Rapist”

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yQN7l TIL of Kodinhi in India, which has the highest twin rate in the world, with over 400 twins in about 2000 families. Scientists aren't sure of why this is, but it has been observed that even when women of Kodinhi have children with men outside of their village, the twin birth rate is still high.
One7 TIL that Kodak developed a digital camera as early as 1975. It took 23 seconds to record the photo onto a cassette.
X0wXr TIL the congressional page program was shut down due in part from congressmen soliciting sex from them
6EpkJ TIL that contrary to popular belief we are just different branches to apes and we are not actually descended from them. The Hominids are the shared ancestor between modern humans and modern apes that died out millions of years ago.
R5RMj TIL That while opposing candidate Milton Shapp, The Philadelphia Inquirer had a reporter ask if he had ever been admitted to a mental hospital, to which he replied “No.” The next day they ran the headline “Shapp Denies Mental Institution Stay”. His subsequent loss is attributed to the article.