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TIL roughly 20% of suspected pedophiles in the UK are female.

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Ag4B TIL: There is no direct source for the Steinbeck quote: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires”.
D1P1V TIL That during the Vietnam War, several companies requested packs of playing cards that contained nothing but the Ace of Spades, because they used them in psychological warfare. They believed enemy troops saw it as a symbol of death, and scattered them in the jungle. Thousands of packs were sent.
LQRJr TIL that in Mongolia there is a tradition of giving names with unpleasant qualities to children born to a couple whose previous children have died, in the belief that it will mislead evil spirits seeking to steal the child. Examples include Khenbish 'Nobody' and Medekhgüi 'I Don't Know'
Mxv8 TIL that the Soviet Union designed a machine gun with such a recoil that it would damage the plane it was mounted on. Fuel tanks would rupture, parts would fall off, and electronic circuits would take damage. At least three crashes can be attributed to just using the gun.
lokoV TIL that there have been 4 instances in Major League Baseball history in which a player was traded for himself