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TIL that heroin was used as a painkiller for kids

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69REX TIL that- in spite of the "women and children first" rule- more men (338) survived the Titanic sinking than women (316). However, a little more than half of the surviving men were crew members, and 82% of the male passengers died.
VEoB TIL that pigs have a relatively high cognitive ability, with the ability to use mirrors and learn a considerable amount of tricks.
7rAr TIL of a 1970s childrens book called Show Me!, it depicts children from ages 6 to their early teens exploring eachother sexually. It received many awards and good reviews, but was pulled from shelves do to the sex abuse hysteria.
G0mj TIL that 1 in 2 Employees in the US in 2016 Would Leave Their Current Job If They Got a Better Offer
pkRe TIL: Wyclef Jean lied and stole $10 million from the Yele Haiti sham charity he set up