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TIL Western Europe has the lowest prevalence of personality disorders (2.4%), the prevalence in the US is three times as high with 7.6%

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wokw1 TIL Jello is made used farm animals.
d8KEr TIL that the Pompeii masturbating man, was not in fact popping one off. In an anti climactic fashion, his position is likely due to instant rigor mortis due to the extreme heat from the eruption.
66JY TIL in 1969, Porsche developed a successor to the VW Beetle, the EA 266, which had a 1.6l 100hp mid-engine (strongest Beetle at the time: 54hp) and went up to 118mph. The VW board of directors was horrified - they wanted it to be sporty, but cheap and not a sports car - and it was never produced.
ZpELR TIL despite having less than 0.5% of the world's population, Australia is home to 20% of the world's slot machines. Australia's $25 billion a year in gambling losses represent the highest per capita gambling losses in the world.
VM554 TIL the maître d’ of the Waldorf Hotel in NYC for 50 years, Oscar Tschirky invented the velvet rope and the Waldorf salad