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TIL Vending Machines Kill More People Than Sharks Every Year

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W7Ead TIL Simon Weston was a British soldier during the Falklands war. His face was heavily disfigured by fire, when his troop ship was attacked in an Argentine air strike, required 96 operations to recover. He since made friends with the pilot who dropped the bomb that injured him so severely.
Egbgo TIL Anna Tumarkin (1875–1951) was a Russian-born, naturalized Swiss academic and the first female philosophy professor at the University of Bern. She was also the first woman in Europe to examine PhD candidates and join a University Senate.
GYxKg TIL that the Queen is the only person in the U.K. who is allowed to drive without a license
gpRW TIL males receive, on average, 63% longer sentences than females for the exact same crime.
gbb4 TIL of the “Tiffany Problem”. Tiffany is a medieval name—short for Theophania—from the 12th century. Authors can’t use it in historical or fantasy fiction, however, because the name looks too modern. This is an example of how reality is sometimes too unrealistic.