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

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axEo TIL Mountain gorillas are naturally afraid of chameleons and nobody knows why.
0wR0A TIL of the Visible Human Project, where in 1993, a murderer was frozen, sliced and imaged, millimeter by millimeter, from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, for science.
rRVGd TIL in 1898, some 73% of Alabama's entire annual state revenue came from convict leasing.
DQg0P TIL the title of the Cream album "Disraeli Gears" came when Eric Clapton mentioned wanting a racing bicycle to a roadie and the roadie said "oh yeah, disraeli gears," meaning to say "derailleur gears"
ZvQp TIL in the film “The Shining”, filming the ‘Heeeere’s Johnny!’ scene took 3 days and 80 doors.