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TIL that competitive full contact fighting in medieval suits of armor is a thing, and it is brutal.

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VJR0 TIL that taller people make bigger salaries. Approx $789 a year per inch
R5aLw TIL that the 1927 General Election in Liberia had a turnout of 1660%. The winner secured 240,000 votes, when the country had less than 15,000 eligible voters.
9Y10m TIL about Chad Pregracke, who,when he was 23, after witnessing immense levels of trash on the Mississippi River in IL, started a nonprofit to address it. Since then, they have removed 5,000 tons of trash from the Mississippi and it’s tributaries.
6WOm TIL in 1998 Iran was prepared to invade Afghanistan and oust the Taliban from power. Talks with the United States persuaded Iran not to.
8QV4 TIL that “eigengrau” is the color we see in perfect darkness, and that it can be controlled consciously.