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TIL That in 2011 in the US there were 1694 murders using knives, 496 murders with blunt object, 726 using bare hands and feet, and just 323 murders using rifles (including the ‘assault’ variety)

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E10kW TIL of a band called Ok Go, who stored one of their albums on DNA by converting their audio into binary code, and then converting the binary into genetic code, which was then "inscribed" onto genetic material.
yXaV TIL that in WW2 an American pilot fell over 20,000 feet and survived by falling through the glass roof of a train station.
XEmdP TIL that 9/11 first responders who still pass away due to cancer and other diseases are considered murder victims by the perpetrators of the attacks.
pYn9Z TIL of the Gold Sock Killer, a unidentified Floridian serial killer active only in 1973 who got his moniker for strangling his victims to death with socks; however, a gold-colored sock was only used in two murders.
BraMk TIL a company in Maine was sued for $10 million because they did not use an Oxford Comma in their workers’ contracts