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TIL that the United States has produced nearly 19 times more serial killers than the runner-up nation

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jNbnX TIL that in 2003, there was a movement in America to rename the "French" part of French Fries, French Toast, etc, to "Freedom" (Freedom Fries, etc) after France refused to support the Iraqi war - Demonstrators even included government officials in Congress.
N7BoE TIL that in ancient Hawaiʻi, men and women ate meals separately and women weren't allowed to eat certain foods. King Kamehameha II removed all religious laws that and performed a symbolic act by eating with the women in 1819. This is when the lūʻau parties were first created.
oBBlA TIL that there is a desk full of candy in the US Senate
LQEZ0 TIL a song charted for 3 weeks in Billboard in 1979, despite never being sold or played on radio. It was lost for 37 years and thought to be a hoax until a recording was discovered in 2016.
MeVOW TIL of the "Monkey Love Experiments" where infant monkeys were housed with two artificial mothers: one, made only of wire, dispensed food, while the other had no food but was made of soft terrycloth. The monkeys spent nearly all of their time clinging to the soft mother despite the lack of food.