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TIL that not until after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that it was a Federal Crime to murder the President of the United States

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WkG9Y TIL over 20% of the documented serial killers in the world have come from a 200-mile radius around Seattle, Washington. There has been a total of 277 serial killers in Washington state with an average number of serial killings of 7.44 per 1 million people.
NDgM TIL that Deadpool (2016) is the highest grossing R-rated film of all time, the highest grossing X-Men film, and the highest grossing 20th Century Fox film not directed by James Cameron or George Lucas.
6KgQ TIL that the mother of a teenager murdered in a 2005 racist axe attack forgave his killers: “Unforgiveness makes you a victim and why should I be a victim?… Hate killed my son, so why should I be a victim too?”
neNmr TIL there is a rare type of fluffy frost called hair ice that only forms on rotting wood. It baffled scientists for decades until 2015, when scientists determined that fungal activity was largely responsible for the ice formation.
5VXYr TIL we're not supposed to rinse our mouths right after brushing our teeth