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TIL kids in Japan play more violent video games than American kids do yet are less aggressive.

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OojG1 TIL: After one of his employees was shot and killed during a shootout, Colonel Sanders grabbed a gun and shot the perpetrator in the shoulder.
64EX TIL contrary to George C. Scott’s gravel-voiced portrayal, General Patton actually had a voice that was “high-pitched, nasal, irritating, and at times, it bordered on effeminate”.
yQpkM TIL that Coolio claims that he only agreed to make a cameo appearance in "Batman & Robin" (1997) because the studio promised to cast him as the villain in the next "Batman" movie if he did. According to Joel Schumacher, that villain would have been the Scarecrow.
0kGy TIL that in order to get seeds from lettuce, the grower has to neglect them. Once they begin to die, their only priority is to ensure the next generation, and thus the only time they seed. (SN: you preserve lettuce seeds in powered milk).
dDwLE TIL: The Greek intellectual Hypatia was accused of witchcraft in March 415 CE where a mob seized her from her carriage, dragged her into a church, carved out her eyes and her living flesh with oyster shells, then tore her limb from limb.