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TIL 17% of all homicide victims in Japan are children murdered by their suicidal parents

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jNn4N TIL From June 14 to 19 2019, the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn all lined up. Binoculars allow observers to able to see the shape of Jupiter and its four brightest moons -- those discovered by Galileo
oB4W7 TIL MIT researchers were able to capture sound from a soundless video of a chip bag using a high FPS camera recording. All sound causes objects to vibrate and using advanced software, they were able to match the vibrations shown in the chip bag to the respective audio frequencies.
e0oR6 TIL Kit Kats in Japan are associated with the phrase Kitto Katsu (きっと勝つ), translated as "You will surely win", and thus a good luck charm for students
6Ev8W TIL of Henri Giraud, who escaped German captivity in World War I by pretending to be a circus performer, and AGAIN in World War II by scaling down a mountain fortress in his 60s.
yVQWp TIL about Cabeza de Vaca, one of four survivors out of 400 people of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536