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TIL women using oral contraceptives blink 32% more often than other women on average for unknown reasons.

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R5gBQ TIL In 1924 Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but only served 8 months. He and his Nazi party tried to overthrow the Weimar government which eventually led to his sentence. The government was afraid of angering his political base so they reduced the sentence to only 8 months.
m18px TIL of Ringer Edwards, an Australian prisoner of war, who survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers during World War II. He died in 2000 at the age of 86.
X0pk8 TIL the song "Miss United States" from Miss Congeniality was written by a 6 year old.
Y7km7 TIL surgical genital mutilation is performed on 80.5% of male babies in the United States. The rate is about 99% in a number of Muslim countries.
NXxbP TIL about Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, inventor of the Happy Meal. She was the daughter of the Chilean embassador to Guatemala. Her husband owned the first McDonalds in Guatemala, and she went to study in the Hamburger University.