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TIL more than 50 percent of people get away with murder.

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vaZ8 TIL that Syphilis can be cured by contracting Malaria. (The person who discovered it got a Nobel prize for it)
1aM8V TIL On a trip to Congo, an anthropologist played 11 excerpts of Western songs to 40 Pygmies. The emotional cues in songs, which Westerners pick up on, didn't mean the same to the Pygmies: They didn't hear the shrieking strings of the Psycho theme as stressful
78Qj7 TIL that the world's oldest university, the University of Bologna, was founded in 1088. It is still in operation today and is one of the most prestigious universities in Italy.
jNjxN TIL even though Elisabeth II has been Queen for over 66 years she still has only the 39th longest confirmed reign in history (currently the only one in the top 100) and when she reaches 108 in 16 years she'll claim the top spot for herself
ea64 TIL that “Teen Spirit” was a real deodorant - one of Kurt Cobain’s friends spray painted “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit” on his wall because Kurt’s then-girlfriend wore Teen Spirit, which led to the title of the 1991 Nirvana hit song.