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TIL that the reason our fingers and toes wrinkle when they're submerged in water for a long time is to improve our handling of wet objects.

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TIL that a bullet fee is a charge assessed to the family of executed prisoners. They literally would charge for the bullet used. Bullet fees have been levied in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as well as in the People's Republic of China, and Nazi Germany.

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TIL in 2004, 200-400 women in India armed with knives, stormed a courtroom and lynched a serial rapist whose trial was underway. He was stabbed at least 70 times, and all the women claimed responsibility for the murder.

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TIL that the reason our fingers and toes wrinkle when they're submerged in water for a long time is to improve our handling of wet objects.	58
TIL that a bullet fee is a charge assessed to the family of executed prisoners. They literally would charge for the bullet used. Bullet fees have been levied in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as well as in the People's Republic of China, and Nazi Germany.	12
TIL in 2004, 200-400 women in India armed with knives, stormed a courtroom and lynched a serial rapist whose trial was underway. He was stabbed at least 70 times, and all the women claimed responsibility for the murder.	1