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TIL pistol silencers aren’t too silent. They certainly sound nothing like they do in nearly every movie that uses one.

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04G5 TIL the final design for Chewbacca was based on an illustration for a 1975 novelette by George R.R. Martin
e0mjk TIL that in November 2000, Japan passed their first anti-stalking law after a 21 year old student was murdered by her stalker the previous year. She had been turned away multiple times by the police who denied and falsely portrayed her as a promiscuous flirt on the media.
OZ14 TIL that Kim Jong-Il’s eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, was wideley consider to be the heir apparent to the title of Supreme Leader of North Korea until he attempted to enter Japan with a fake passport so that he could go to Disneyland
W7Vp8 TIL a politician made up the U.S. state name “Idaho” after meeting a girl named Ida. He falsely claimed it was a Native American term.
yQk9J TIL that the Volvo XC90 has seen no passengers or drivers killed since its release in 2002.