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TIL as our brains develop from age 4 to 36, we tend to judge perpetrators less severely, as we make more room for accidental causes and other circumstantial factors.

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pjL4 TIL that no U.S Navy submarine is ever considered “lost” if it does not return, it is considered to be “still on patrol”
vmM4 TIL the British tried to surrender to the French at the end of the American Revolution. French General Rochambeau refused British Brigadier General O'Hara’s sword and instead pointed him towards George Washington to offer surrender.
yMjv TIL: The United States had plans to store all of their nuclear waste inside Yucca Mountain, located in Nevada. The plan was shelved in 2011 and there is no current long term plan in place.
jmOQ TIL Everton Footbal club’s officlal store “Everton Two” is located in the shopping center Liverpool ONE. Its full name is Everton Two - Liverpool ONE.
OoQAX TIL of recently discovered photos that showed Japanese military using Sikh POW (fighting under the British Empire) as target practice after the fall of Singapore during World War II.