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TIL Governments have killed more people than every pandemic and war combined.

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p81ep TIL that 1 in 3 teachers at German primary schools have been physically attacked by a student since 2012
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Rnrl TIL that the value of a human life as determined by the U.S. government is approx. $6 million
oByyL TIL when Jesse Owens broke the world record in the 200m dash in 1936, the second place runner—Mack Robinson, brother of baseball legend Jackie Robinson—also broke the previous world record. He worked as a middle school janitor the rest of his life afterward.
d8MwK TIL that the most powerful pirate lord in the 19th century was a Chinese prostitute named Ching Shih. She commandeered over 1800 ships and gained her success by being shrewd and maintaining strict rules.