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TIL American men receive 60% longer Federal prison sentences than women for the same crime.

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yQrna TIL Avatar's infamous "sex scene" wasn't part of the original Theatrical Cut
E1bex TIL Orson Welles sat next to Hitler and said that Hitler made no impression on him at all and was unmemorable. He said that he had no personality at all: "He was invisible. There was nothing there until there were 5,000 people yelling sieg heil"
kA77 TIL Queen’s guitarist, Brian May, has a PhD in Astrophysics.
QNBO6 TIL that some people suffer from a genuine fear of Halloween, known as Samhainophobia, which can trigger anxiety when people are exposed to Halloween-related events or symbols.
5VR68 TIL Gene Roddenberry wrote words to the theme music to Star Trek to get 50% of the royalties. These words were never used