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TIL men on OkCupid follow the Standard Creepiness Rule almost exactly

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69WLZ TIL that George Harrison is one of the few artists to have an active single on the Billboard charts at the time he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also has more solo US #1 hits than any other ex-Beatle.
kBje TIL pubic lice are going extinct because their natural habitats are being destroyed
Y7JrB TIL that in Ireland in 1985, people across the country claimed to have seen statues of the Virgin Mary and imagery of other holy figures spontaneously moving. The Catholic Church was skeptical and wrote it off as illusions.
4XNEb TIL the Nazis introduced malaria-carrying mosquitos to Italy in WW2 as revenge after Italy changed sides, causing a 7 year long outbreak in the region.
E1gr0 Today I learned "Mahatma" is a Sanskrit honorific, like "Saint", and not the first name of Mohandas Gandhi