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TIL Nearly Half of All Murdered Women Are Killed by Romantic Partners

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6ZBZ TIL there is a large frozen mass under Antarctica that stretches almost 14 miles and we have no idea what it is.
GoxJ TIL: The reason George Jefferson was able to “move on up” was because he won a lawsuit against the city after being hit by a city bus. He used that money to open his own business.
16b9X TIL that a group of artists secretly built and lived in a hidden apartment inside a Rhode Island mall for four years before being discovered.
m14VO TIL that in the United States, it is illegal to remove or destroy a nest that has eggs in it or young birds still dependent on it for survival. It is also illegal for anyone to keep a nest they take out of a tree or find on the ground unless they have a permit.
rZYd TIL that in August 1943, Roosevelt approved a secret shipment of banned chemical weapons to Italy aboard the SS John Harvey. This ship was bombed by the Luftwaffe which lead to an unintentional release of mustard gas on the city of Bari, Italy.