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TIL left handed people are significantly more likely to be paedophiles

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Lk0YV TIL that the Silkie Chicken is a breed named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four.
woxWP TIL The first New Year’s Eve ball was dropped in Times Square in 1907. In response to a ban on fireworks implemented that year, an electrician built the ball as an alternative way to celebrate New Year’s Eve. He constructed a wood and iron ball that weighed 700 pounds and featured 100 light bulbs.
69NMX TIL that Caesar used the knowledge that the calendar was out of alignment and that it was Autumn instead of Winter and thus safe to sail to beat a blockade and win the civil war against Pompey
mxex TIL Toyota Altis ads featuring Brad Pitt were banned in Malaysia after the country’s deputy information minister ruled that Pitt’s handsome appearance may make Malaysian countrymen feel inferior.
nWW8Y TIL that Jim Leavelle, the tan-suited detective famously present at the killing of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, was also a witness to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.