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TIL toasters cause nearly 800 deaths annually due to electrocution and fires.

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gMkmA TIL that singer Kirsty MacColl died a hero. While in Mexico, a speedboat was heading right at her and her son. She managed to push her 15 year old son out of the way just in time, but was runover in the process. She was killed instantly.
NXGaM TIL that the first atheist organization was the National Secular Society, founded in the UK in 1866. They gained attention for their promotion of birth control and sex education.
jNBGj TIL that Quentin Tarantino has no respect for the biopic because they are just big excuses for actors to win Oscars.
P88G TIL that the term “soft drink” used to refer to any beverage that did not contain hard alcohol, but that most carbonated beverages actually contain minute amounts of alcohol due to fermentation of the sugars.
grjQA TIL That many competitive Scrabble players quit playing competitively after hundreds of “offensive” words were banned, including racial slurs, sexuality and gender insults.