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TIL men are more willing than women to use a time machine to kill Adolf Hitler, according to a 2015 study from the University of Texas

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bpO7 TIL, before the company was seized by federal regulators in 2008, the final CEO of Washington Mutual made $19 million at the position. His tenure was less than three weeks.
QJZYk TIL that more people died in a Wisconsin wildfire in 1871 than died on 9/11. The fire has been entirely forgotten because the Great Chicago Fire happened the same day.
oBXZW TIL that Swiss cheese forgery is a real problem and to combat it, there's a freezer in Bern, Switzerland where government scientists keep 10,000 strains of milk bacteria that can be used to identify counterfeit cheese
b66v4 TIL The Venus de Milo, as a Greek sculpture, would more accurately be called Aphrodite de Milos (Milos is the Greek island where it was discovered). Although it may also be a depiction of the sea goddess, Amphitrite.
LOjd TIL there is a film adaptation of a former McDonald’s teenage employee who was held against her will, strip searched, sexually assaulted, spanked, and physically humiliated all because of a prank call by a guy claiming he was a cop. Everyone thought it was all legitimate.