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TIL Japan has a high adoption rate - but most of the adoptees are middle aged men

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M779W TIL: About Vanishing Twin Syndrome (VTS), a Miscarriage in a Multiple Pregnancy (Twins or Triplets), the Tissue of One Embryo Absorbed 'Harmlessly' by the Mother and Other Embryo(s)
b9yBp TIL that in 1890 William Morrison invented the first successful practical electric automobile in the United States.
V6Bm TIL: North Korea claims to have sunk the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore and even preserved the ship that “sunk it” in a museum. The USS Baltimore was never deployed to Korea and was scrapped in 1972.
J1PV4 TIL The CIA created The Gateway Experience, a training program that emphasizes brainwave output to change consciousness and eventually transcend the confines of time and space. The process is said to increase awareness, out-of-body experiences, and other mental states. It was declassified in 2003.
b6r9a TIL Henry Cavill was dubbed 'the most unlucky man in Hollywood' by Empire Magazine in 2005 after missing out on the lead roles for Superman, James Bond and Twilight