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TIL Google now receives over 100,000 copyright take-down requests an HOUR. In one week this year, they received 19 million requests as compared to an average week in 2013 when they received about 4 million.

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JkGV TIL a study found that writers are 121% more likely than the general population to suffer from bipolar disorder, and 50% more likely to commit suicide.
JAkQ TIL that 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese during the Rape of Nanking, which is 80,000 more deaths than the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
J1lDj TIL that the stunt pilot Charles Hamilton was known for often flying drunk and crashed over 60 times. However, he survived every time and instead died of tuberculosis.
lo6Nr TIL that rh-null, the rarest blood type of the world, has been called the "Golden Blood". This blood type is so rare that only 43 people in the world have it, and there are only 9 active donor.
8aNBb TIL Abraham Lincoln's son was almost crushed by a train, only to be rescued by the actor, Edwin Booth. A year later Edwin's brother, John, murdered the President.