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TIL Mayhem is an actual crime and means the intentional maiming of another person.

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Ld5V TIL that as a consequence of HIV/AIDS, life expectancy in Swaziland has fallen from 61 years in 2000 to 32 years in 2009.
0d1dp TIL that Chris Farley’s cousin is now the CEO of Ford
JYvQB TIL that the Australian serial killer, Eric Cooke, was captured by police after he hid a murder weapon in a nearby bush. Police found the weapon and returned it to the same bush tied to fishing line. Police then constructed a hide and waited 17 days until Cooke retrieved the rifle.
9v9D TIL a Ukrainian nationalist politician claimed that Mila Kunis was not a true Ukrainian and called her a “zhydovka,” which translates as “dirty Jewess.” The Ukrainian justice ministry ruled that using the term to describe a Jewish person was legal
rRj0M TIL the Carrier Dome in Syracuse sported sixteen 5 foot diameter fans around the clock. Increasing the power of the fans boosts the air pressure in the facility, adding tension to the roof’s fabrics and cables to help avoid entire stadium from collapsing from weight of winter snow