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TIL More people are killed by hammers every year than by rifles.

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PYQLZ Today I learned that (contrary to modern portrayals) gladiators were not lean but rather chubby, allowing them to sustain more damage in the arena and continue fighting.
PPVL TIL that Astronomers had made a sweet discovery: simple sugar molecules floating in the gas around a star some 400 light-years away, suggesting the possibility of life on other planets.
epRDn TIL The animated TV series ReBoot was heavily censored by ABC. It was then cancelled when Disney purchased ABC and the series continued to air in Canada.
N7ExE TIL the deepest swimming pool in the world is the "Y-40 Deep Joy" in Italy. A staggering 130ft (40m) at it's deepest point, equivalent to the height of a 14 storey building, holding 4300 cubic meters of water! There's even a glass tunnel for spectators running a couple of meters below the surface.
VBo9G TIL about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which was a devastating event in American history. On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, which employed mostly young immigrant women in the garment industry.