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TIL Woman are 14% more likely to survive a gunshot wound than men.

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d69Z TIL the longest game of telephone (Chinese whispers) started with “Together we can make a world of difference” and turned into “Everybody is evil” and then eventually just “Haaaaaa!”.
KPYR TIL that due to the inclusion of a leap day and two leap seconds, 1972 is the longest year in history.
5Vrxk TIL about the "boiling frog", an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.
BgBok TIL that an ex-soldier, Tony Wittman raided an animal shelter, The Lost Dogs' Home, in Melbourne in 2021 to get his cat back. Armed with a toy gel riffle and in military gear, he took a worker hostage, demanding the cat's location. Wittman, later citing PTSD, was sentenced to six years in jail​.
pYrJ4 TIL in 1968 as the Apollo 8 crew first approached the moon, they read the 1st ten verses of The Old Testament. The Bible verses are about the creation of light, Earth and the waters. It was the most watched broadcast in history at the time.