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TIL Heath Ledger’s voice for the Joker is based on Tom Waits

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QJ0WX TIL the Church of Satan is headquartered in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York.
yV9gw TIL: Stressed pregnant mothers are twice as likely to have girls because male fetuses are more fragile and die off while females survive the harsh conditions. Physically stressed women had only 31% boys vs 56% in healthy mothers.
wMvM TIL that Belarus is the last country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. The convicts are shot in the back of the head with a silenced PB-9 pistol. The whole procedure, starting with the announcement about denied appeals and ending with the gunshot, lasts no longer than two minutes.
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