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TIL that the Police in the United States have a lesser mortality rate per 100k than the following jobs: Fishermen, roofers, farmers, taxi drivers, cement manufacturers, logging workers & airline pilots.

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78Jn7 TIL Byron (Low-Tax) Looper, the Nominee for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, who decided the only way to win was to murder his opponent. Despite being the only person left on the ballot, he still lost the election and was sentenced to life in prison.
oROOE TIL about the revolt of Boudicca, a British queen which, inspired by Arminius' victory at Teutoburg forest, attempted to led up to 300.000 troops against 10.000 Roman legionaries, the Britons were all slaughtered by the Romans which took precautionary measures to avoid an ambush like Teutoburg.
v1mWr TIL That roughly 25 percent of women or 33 percent of men snort when they laugh.
x6p80 TIL About ‘The Misty Experiment’ The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
QJmKL TIL that a photon of light can travel the 150 million kilometres from the Sun to the Earth, and in that same time, a gamma ray in the Sun's core will travel only about 13 centimetres. It can take 100,000 years from the core of the Sun to get to the surface — where it bursts out at speed of light.