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TIL Honduras is the murder capital of the world; on average, one murder every 74 minutes.

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RDYl TIL When Ronald Reagan became president of the United States he asked his Chief of Staff to see “The War Room”. No one had informed him that it was only a movie set that was created fictionally for the black comedy “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”.
Qbad TIL: The algorithms or “black boxes” used by some of the world’s top trading firms were “left to evolve” and have become so advanced nobody fully understands how they work.
9YLyB TIL that 9 of 10 of the teams in the Korean Baseball League are named after the companies that own them, such as the Kia Tigers and the LG Twins.
oBj8R TIL the antibacterial soaps are not better than regular soaps, in fact studies show that antibacterial soaps causes the bacteria to increase its antibiotic resistance.
WoXA TIL Pies were named in the Middle Ages after their most common ingredient, magpie.