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TIL that a mother murdering her children is more likely to murder sons (64%) than daughters (36%), and likewise, daughters are more likely to murder their father (81%) than mother (19%). Fathers and sons are more egalitarian in their murders, killing their children / parents at about equal rates.

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BgNjL TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.
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XAd8 TIL that in 2008 in Afghanistan, a British Marine threw his back on a grenade and lived, and also saved lives of his patrol. His rucksack took the impact, and he was awarded with the Victoria Cross, the highest British military honor. He only suffered a nosebleed and a shock in the aftermath.