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TIL 99% victims of bear attacks are adult males

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yNnp TIL that the French executed the father of modern Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier for tax fraud. The judge said “The republic needs neither scientists nor chemists.”
6pvW TIL that when the Gregorian calendar was implemented in 1582, Thursday 4 October was followed by Friday 15 October, to adjust to the new calendar.
10ZO TIL The top 3 deadliest lone wolf shootings did not occur in the US, but actually occured in Korea, Norway, and Australia. The third most deadly shooting was by a mentally handicapped heir to a small fortune, who used an AR-15 to attack a former prison colony in Port Arthur, Australia.
kBe TIL that the plot of Finding Nemo would not have unfolded anywhere close to how it did in the movie. Clown fish are hermaphrodites so when Marlin’s wife died, Marlin would have changed his gender and become a female and raise Nemo, who would have then mate with Marlin and have children of their own
9YL6 TIL The German 7th Panzer Division, a.k.a. the Ghost Division, was so fast and independent that even the German High Command didn’t always know where they were during the Battle of France.