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TIL that the whole world watches less porn on Christmas, except for Japan

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Vd5p TIL That after a Colonel called his men “animals” for cutting off the heads of Japanese dead and impaling them on poles, one soldier responded “That’s right Colonel, we are animals. We live like animals, we eat and are treated like animals–what the fuck do you expect?”
a8JmM TIL Andrew Carnegie became one of the richest Americans in history before donating most of his wealth to charity. However, at his childhood job in the mid-1800s, he earned only $1.20 for 72 working hours. In 2023 dollars, Carnegie earned around $46 per week or 63 cents/hour.
6jBJ TIL in 2001 it cost $100million to sequence a genome - now it costs $1000
nerQb TIL after being shot and stabbed multiple times during his assassination, Alexei Nikolaevich, the heir to the Russian Empire throne, survived until the assassins found precious gems in between his shirt and tunic protecting him.
Eg1Bp TIL that Steve McQueen was on Charles Manson’s ‘Hit List’ and was meant to be assassinated like Sharon Tate in 1969