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TIL Dutch people eat the most licorice in the world.

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wLxgM TIL that after WWII, Col. S. L. A. Marshal published a report that found only 15-20% of soldiers in combat fired to kill during the war, even if their lives were threatened. This prompted the US Army to switch from bulls-eye targets to sillouette targets to desensitize soldiers to killing
7rwg7 TIL about Diego the tortoise who "had so much sex he saved his species". Named after the San Diego Zoo he belongs to a critically endangered species( just 15 tortoises left alive in 1976 ). After a successful breeding program he ended up fathering around 900 offspring.
R5kn6 TIL prolific necrophiliac Karen Greenlee stole a hearse and had sex with the corpse it contained. California did not have laws against necrophilia at the time, so she was only given a $250 fine and 11 days in jail for stealing the hearse.
QKva We get it. OJ was considered for the part of the Terminator and planes have crashed (or been shot down) over the years.
D1Oov TIL The UK has the 'Whole Life Order' whereby a prisoner who is being sentenced to life imprisonment is ordered to serve that sentence without any possibility of parole. It has been reportedly issued in approximate 100 cases since its introduction in 1983.