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TIL A one armed man in Belarus was arrested for clapping

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VBmgQ TIL One in Every Ten Children In Sudan Die Before Their Fifth Birthday
7rJjZ TIL that the Lockheed Scandal caused Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to be arrested
ynQl TIL that approximately four million tracks on Spotify (about 20% in total) have never been played even once.
neMod TIL that the average reaction time of a fly is ~20-50 ms, compared to the average human reaction time of 250 ms