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TIL that you are more likely to die as a drug dealer in Chicago than as a death row inmate in Texas.

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0w7b5 TIL Wikipeida have tried to adopt a mascot. Suggestions have been a monkey behind a typewriter, an amoeba, Cliff Clavin (from Cheers), The Thinker, an owl, slime mold, termites. The most common mascot is the anime influenced Wikipie-Tan, a Moe personification of the site. She's still unofficial.
rRGny TIL that Chicago's Field Museum has 10 colonies of flesh-eating beetles, who live and work at the museum cleaning animal bones for display.
Oo0y6 TIL that, while public nudity in Ancient Greek society was not uncommon, exposure of the penis head was seen as extremely undignified, with many athletes choosing to tie their foreskin shut using a leather strap during events.
Dj8j TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: “unknown compelling force”
9YOj6 TIL that the original Nutella was sold as a loaf that was sliced and placed on top of bread.