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TIL in 2018 there was 752 acid attacks in London, more than 2 every single day.

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D1AMY TIL in China they can count to ten using just one hand using a type of sign that everyone uses. 6 is the western 'hang loose' gesture. 7 a snake head, 8 a finger gun, nine an index finger hook and 10 a cross or closed fist.
awdvb TIL that in 1873, the Northern Pacific Railway renamed the city to Bismarck, in honor of German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. It is the only US state capital named for a foreign statesman
awmMN TIL That In The Last 15 Years There Has Been A Quarter Of A Dozen Reported Cases of Office Chairs Exploding (2 Critical Injuries & 1 Fatality)
ed5g TIL Some women - and ONLY women - are born with four color receptor cells in their eyes and can see 100 million colors. Men can NEVER have that ability. A typical human has three color receptors and can see only one million colors.
KY9G6 TIL an episode of Peppa Pig was banned in Australia because it taught children that "spiders can't hurt you", because Australian spiders can actually hurt you