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TIL intelligent people are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs

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Oo15g TIL men were violently robbed of their testicles in Chicago 1922
1a9vW TIL that the first message sent across the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, on August 16, 1858, read, "Directors of Atlantic Telegraph Company, Great Britain, to Directors in America:—Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the highest; on earth peace, good will towards men."
oB9wL TIL Japan has the highest rate of cremation in the world, at approximately 99.9%.
DQe9J TIL, in The Blair Witch Project, the reason they never show the witch on camera is that the cameraman forgot to pan to the left
61Pw TIL a 96-year old lady from Australia knitted over 1000 tiny sweaters for penguins to protect them from oil spills.