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TIL PETA kills 97,3% of the animals under it’s care

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4XXMa TIL many shoe stores used to have unshielded x-ray devices, used to measure kids’ shoe fit
0WOv TIL Brett Favre has more victories as a starting NFL quarterback (186) than the Jacksonville Jaguars have as a franchise (140)
LaQQ TIL Julie D'Aubigny was a famous 17th century French opera singer who once entered a convent just so she could have sex with a nun. She also had a habit of seducing women at parties, which would lead their husbands to challenge her to a duel. She was an expert duelist and killed 10 men like this.
9wxaQ TIL: You can determine the voltage in power lines overhead by counting the insulator discs below the line. High voltage power lines typically use disc insulators to prevent current entering the metal pylon. Counting the number of discs can give an indication of the line voltage:
o4nE TIL that the city of Detroit raised $50,000 in less than 10 days in order to fund the building of a Robocop statue