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TIL 1,035 professional journalists have been killed in the past 15 years. Syria and Mexico are the deadliest countries for reporters.

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9wQ0D TIL that Bill Gates was so addicted to Minesweeper, he used to sneak into then-Microsoft President Michael Hallman's office after work to play it, as he had uninstalled the game from his computer
d8gy8 TIL The Anti-Masonic Party, was the first third party in the United States. The party was founded in the aftermath of the disappearance of William Morgan, a former Mason who had ultimately become a prominent critic of the Masonic organization.
dEk9 TIL that a pound (.45kg) of dimes and a pound (.45kg) of quarters are both worth exactly $20 USD.
bM5p TIL That owls fly silently due to specially designed edges of their primary feathers. When most birds fly, turbulence from air gushing over their wings creating noise. However, owls have their primary feathers serrated like a comb, which divides turbulence into tiny currents aka micro-turbulences.
jGnn TIL Shirley MacLaine’s daughter claims her famous mom believed that her daughter’s father, Steve, was not her real father but a clone of the real one, an astronaut named Paul. For years Steve conned MacLaine into paying him up to $60,000 a month for “Paul’s space travel expenses.”