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TIL: Men who like their meat well-done are twice as likely to get prostate cancer.

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LkWDd TIL in World War II, a few engineers wanted to reinforce the (returned) fighter planes where most of the bullet holes were. Mr. Abraham Wald then said: Let's reinforce them where no bullet holes are instead - because apparently, airplanes hit in these spots did NOT return.
OG9M4 TIL that there is a specific type for ink suitable for sublimation.
lG91 TIL since 2011, there have been at least 4 incidents of people cooking meth inside a Walmart
RBk9 TIL in Finland, speeding tickes are calculated on a percentage of a person’s income. This causes some Finnish millionaires to face fines of over $100,000.
P17NZ TIL there is a protein called Pikachurin (after Pikachu) which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites.