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TIL: Men receive 63% longer sentences than women for the exact same crime.

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Xnrj TIL Elephants killed 605 people in Assam b/w 1994-2006. In South Africa, 3 elephants killed 63 rhinos. Biologists think increased elephant aggression is the result of species-wide trauma from poaching & habitat loss, and direct trauma for those who saw family members murdered before their eyes.
JYNn8 TIL that women in the Dani tribe in Indonesia amputate a part of their fingers to grieve a loved one's death. It’s believed finger cutting keeps the deceased person’s restless spirit away, as well as symbolising the pain of bereavement.
l7MPB TIL that in the 1600s there was an English chef called Robert May who made pastry ships that featured cannons with real gunpowder, which, when lit for mock battle, caused the ships to explode in a cloud of smoke
yQK0p TIL 36 men volunteered to starve for a year in an experiment, known as the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, to study the psychological and physiological effects of starvation
PYpDZ TIL that in the Vietnam War, the Americans fired 50,000 bullets for each enemy killed