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TIL a woman in 3rd class on The Titanic was more likely to survive than a man in 1st class.

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pnGN TIL Penn Jilliette thinks South Park is the strongest force for critical thinking on television. They are also his heros.
j68Rj TIL about The Public Universal Friend; a genderless American Quaker who preached in the late 1700s.
KOjxa TIL reflector (or reflex) sights have been used in some degree on weapons for just over 100 years
yVDw TIL that China’s ‘one-child’ policy has resulted in 32 million more men than women and massive socioeconomic repercussions
epB16 TIL of Porphyrios, a large whale that wreaked havok on Roman ships outside of Constantinople for 50 years. Emperor Justinian the Great made it an important matter to capture it, though he could not come up with a way to.