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TIL: Male Jurors are more likely to find fat women guilty

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5YLw9 TIL over 100,000 confederate soldiers deserted their posts during the course of the American Civil War.
neEN9 TIL Soundgarden's song "Spoonman" was about a Seattle-based street performer named Artis who has traveled the world playing the spoons since the late 1960s. He played spoons and various other percussion "instruments" throughout the song.
b6LK7 TIL in 2010, after 90 years of publication, Canadian magazine "The Beaver" changed its name to "Canada's History" because the modern slang definition for "beaver" resulted in their promotional emails being sent to the spam folder.
rJdw TIL that on the 1 year anniversary of it’s completion, the Mars Rover “Curiosity” sang itself Happy Birthday. All alone. On Mars.
gMx5X TIL ‘My Humps’ by The Black Eyed Peas is considered by many critics to be the worst song of all time, with one stating it ‘may actually represent the nadir of human achievement’