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TIL that Jamaica is the most homophobic place on earth

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loYOV TIL that when we find out a presumed meteorite turns out to just be a normal rock, they are called "Meteorwrongs"
nWypW TIL That James 1 of Scotland died was murdered after getting stuck in an escape tunnel he himself had blocked up three days earlier to prevent the loss of his tennis balls. As an avid player he often hit the balls out of the court and they would often be lost in the aforementioned sewer tunnel.
gMNBL TIL that in thanks to Benjamin Franklin, all electrical diagrams (at least in the U.S.) are technically backwards (in terms of electron flow/direction). He assumed the flow of electricity originated from the positive terminal of a current source, and traveled to the negative terminal.
jNBvM TIL That in chess, white is slightly more likely to win than black in competitive matches. White wins 52% to 56% of the time compared to black.
neOpo TIL In 2016, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Hollywood paid $4.8 million for Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress that Monroe wore at JFK's 45th birthday celebration. The purchase cements it as one of the most expensive pieces of pop-culture memorabilia of all time.