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TIL The United States is the only nation where guns outnumber people. 120 guns per 100 people.

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xxyk TIL the Film Board of India blocked Saving Private Ryan citing violence. The Board demanded cuts that Spielberg declined, instead, he decided not to release the movie in India. The Home Minister of India saw the movie himself and, impressed, ordered it to be released uncut.
4Egg TIL there is cavity in the hand called the Anatomical Snuff Box
YplAW TIL a 7-Eleven Slurpee Straw is in the Museum of Modern Art's collection for design, and its designer has also designed a tool for the treatment of skin cancer.
JYvpQ TIL of Tek Sing often referred to as "Titanic of the East". Happening 90 years before the Titanic went down, the Tek Sing was overloaded with cargo and also carried 1,600 emigrants, akin to the Titanic they were low on lifeboats from the start. Less than 190 people were rescued.
9wnbM TIL the medic that appears at the end of the movie "Captain Phillips" was a real corpsman and improvised the scene with Tom Hanks. Some of her shipmates were resentful of the attention she got and gave her a hard time during her deployment, causing her to regret appearing in the film.