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TIL: The United States the first country in the history of the world to count more rapes for men than for women

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8OkZ TIL the word ‘Retarded’ was once championed to more accurately describe the (now dubbed) intellectually disabled , and replace its then synonyms, which had all become colloquialisms for being stupid; but today it’s considered offensive after having fallen prey to the same fate.
OGDLX TIL actor Andrew Garfield bagged The Amazing Spider-Man role due to an unreleased scene of him eating a cheeseburger and telling Gwen Stacy to calm down. The way he ate the food was described by the film’s director Marc Webb as something “I just hadn’t seen before” and that it worked.
LnQ0 TIL Original Microwave Ovens were 6 ft tall, weighed 750 pounds and had to be water cooled to keep them from overheating.
0d0bN TIL A 71 year old man was acquitted of murder after claiming self-defense when another moviegoer threw popcorn at him
oRwwW TIL The only nonuplets (9 babies)to survive birth were born in 2021 in Morocco to parents from Mali. They are all healthy and thriving. They were reportedly naturally conceived and born in Morocco instead of Mali due to better chance of survival in Morocco.