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TIL in Chicago over the last decade more Americans have been murdered than have been killed in Afghanistan.

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KYdbw TIL that the Nazis also killed ~1.8 million residents of Poland who were not Jewish, because they considered them racially inferior.
5VPAQ TIL, that a 1-second-long, 1-watt sound wave in water, weighs about 0.1 milligrams. The weight of sound waves is created by it's interactions with gravity.
P6L TIL that Cornell University researchers have solved the origin of the Tungusta explosion in 1908. Sorry, Aliens guy.
awgnA TIL Stephen Colbert donates his proceeds from the sale of AmeriCone Dream to charity
ZpkaQ TIL the 1980s cartoon "The Littles", is not based on Mary Norton's book series "The Borrowers" but John Peterson's book series, also titled "The Littles", which has a very similar premise