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TIL the Statue of Liberty wears a size 879 shoe.
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TIL a simple equation called Dawes Formula is very accurate at predicting success of marriages - “frequency of lovemaking minus frequency of quarrels”. A positive difference predicts marital happiness, a negative one unhappiness.
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TIL the IRS is capable of filling out taxes for Americans themselves, but several companies stand in the way of this tax change, including the parent company of TurboTax.
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TIL in 2017 a Canadian Joint Task Force 2 sniper breaks longest confirmed kill record with 3450 metre shot. The bullet was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 rifle set on a high-rise tower and took 10 seconds to travel towards the fighter.
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TIL that when a scientist attempted to blow the whistle on the FDA for approving an unsafe medical device, the FDA installed spyware to record his private emails and surfing activities, and then used the information to smear him and other whistleblowers.
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TIL that despite Kid Curry being the least well known of the infamous Wild Bunch gang, he was by far the most dangerous, having killed at least nine law enforcement officers.