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TIL that per mile traveled, the number of deaths on motorcycles is 27 times the number in cars.

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D8Be TIL that marines and the United States Marine Corps specifically can trace their heritage to their nations’ first privateers. As veteran marksmen who could pick off opposing forces from a moving ship, they evolved from boarders during pitched ship battles to advance raiders during naval invasions.
OG8nR TIL Gen Z have an attention span of 1.3 seconds
X0k4k TIL that the longest criminal trial in Canada was when the company responsible for Caillou committed major accounting fraud.
ANW6d TIL about Ron Hunt, a construction worker who was impaled through his eye and skull by and 18inch long, 1.5 inch diameter drill bit and survived. (X-ray in comments)
7rDbx TIL that Moby Dick was based on albino Sperm Whale nicknamed Mocha Dick