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TIL that The Avengers was also the name of a Jewish team of assassins that used to kill Nazi war criminals after World War 2.

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m1v7x TIL: In 2012, there was a world wide "virginity map" which shows the median and average age virginity is lost around the world. Malaysia had the oldest age people lose their virginity at 23 median and 23.7 average while Iceland had the lowest median at 15.6, but Brazil had the lowest average of 17.3
lo4or TIL of Arthur John Priest, also known as “the unsinkable stoker”, who avoided death on The Titanic, The Britannic and three more maritime disasters.
p8lQe TIL that in 1906, a man in Seattle was sentenced to one minute in jail for drunkenness and disorder. The original sentence was 30 days, but after an appeal and six months of litigation, it was shortened to one minute. He was kept in jail until the second hand of the jailer’s watch completed a circle
4kNbJ TIL that Germany hunted native bears to extinction in the 1800s
Z8kdB TIL that mozzarella is generally not sold packaged in a brine in North America