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TIL Male Victims of Domestic Violence who call law enforcement for help are statistically more likely to be arrested themselves than their female partner- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH [PDF]

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KOagw TIL about the Windscale Fire in the UK back in 1957 in which the first civilian Nuclear Power Station built caught on fire causing which eventually resulted in 240 deaths from radiation poisoning.
0aA5 TIL the first known Easter egg in a video game was a secret room in Atari Adventure (1979) that credited the game’s developer, Warren Robinett. Atari did not allow their developers to be credited at the time so Robinett added the feature, told no one, and quit before anything could be done about it.
W0eo TIL that 1 in 28 children in the United States have a parent in state or federal prison.
NXQ1b TIL that Smart Card and NFC tech (used in tap-to-pay, SIM cards and Chip IDs) were invented in 1967 by a German rocket scientist who worked for both von Braun and Korolev in his career
BrpXx TIL that Pedro López - one of the most prolific serial killers in history, with between 100 and 300 victims - was released from prison in 1998 after being declared "sane." His current whereabouts are unknown.