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TIL mayhem is the crime of intentionally maiming someone. Originally it was specifically removing a body part so that the person could not defend himself in combat.

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WkVwA TIL of Grant Gelt, the kid who played Bertram in The Sandlot, who was described at the end of the film as getting "really into the 60's and no one ever saw him again." According to Grant's IMDB page, his last credited role was for a 1999 TV Film known as "The 60's" and he's had no other roles since
N04J TIL that the Rolls-Royce Merlin (used for the Supermarine Spitfire during WWII) was so powerful that its exhaust yielded useable thrust.
4M8w TIL that when the number of chlamydia cases in young Swedish people doubled in one year, it was decided that condom ambulances would be on standby three days a week, waiting for calls from those caught in a promising situation, but without protection.
lGpN TIL that the company that created Zyklon B, the gas that was used to kill millions of Jews in the Holocaust, still exists as a pest control company.
6E4wY TIL The box jellyfish is unique because it has 24 eyes, four parallel brains, and 60 anal regions. Two of its eyes can see color. It is also one of the animals in the world that has a 360-degree view of its surroundings Box jellyfish are not considered “true” jellyfish of the Scyphozoan class.