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TIL women care more about a man’s shoulder to hip ratio than they do about penis size.

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VM7aD TIL Geologists consider the Hudson River Valley to be a Fjord.
QJe7E TIL the difference between detonation and deflagration. Detonation is a supersonic chemical reaction in the explosive. Deflagration is a subsonic chemical reaction diffused by heat.
GBoJ TIL that Belarus is the last country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. The convicts are shot in the back of the head with a silenced PB-9 pistol. The whole procedure, starting with the announcement about denied appeals and ending with the gunshot, lasts no longer than two minutes.
wor5W TIL that in 2011 a man foreclosed on Bank of America. After BofA mistakenly tried to foreclose on his house despite him not having a mortgage, they owed him fees and damages. When they refused to pay, police escorted the homeowner to the local BofA branch and began seizing computers, desks, and cash
Xv6r TIL that there’s an urbex movement in Paris that documents and repairs the city’s underworld, including secretly fixing the Panthéon’s clock because the government couldn’t be bothered to do so.