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TIL that Lenin's body is on public display in Moscow and has been almost all the time since his death 96 years ago.

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GA9MQ TIL: That in Southern India the elderly are regularly killed by their families using coconut water. The practice is called Thalaikoothal.
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YNJx TIL King Tut’s parents were probably brother and sister, and as a result he had a clubbed foot, wide hips, potbelly, female-like breasts, required a cane, and was prone to malarial infections
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