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TIL: Americans are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist.

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OXog TIL Kurt Russel is the uncredited voice of Elvis Presley in Forrest Gump.
VMXZm TIL that the "Delivery Fees" charged by chain pizza places (Papa Johns and Dominos) are assumed by most people to be a gratuity to the delivery person, but they are not. Delivery drivers never see a dime of it.
5VObB TIL that British troops developed a diss song against Nazi leaders during World War II titled "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." It was quickly picked up and sang by Allied troops.
6lem TIL after President Garfield was shot during an assassination attempt in 1881, he was kept alive for several days through rectal feeding, and was even given drams of whisky via his butt. The Dr who treated him was named Dr Doctor.
XKgj TIL of the brain-eating amoeba, which lives in fresh water and kills unsuspecting swimmers every year by entering their bodies through the nose and consuming their brain tissue.