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TIL that the Edmond post office shooting inspired the term Going Postal, and is the single most deadly act of workplace violence in US history.

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Wkvxo TIL NASA will launch a SpaceX rocket next summer in a test of planetary defense. The rocket will impact a near-earth asteroid in 2022 in an attempt to change its trajectory.
grA9L TIL General Tso's chicken is named for Chinese general Tso Tsung-t'ang (1812-1885), best known for recapturing the great western desert region of Xinjiang. Popular in the US, there is no record of any dish named after General Tso in his region of Hunan
5BkB TIL that if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, it would appear six times larger than a full moon.
49EJ TIL that natural vaginal lubrication is mostly made of blood plasma.
LKAV TIL that a mother murdering her children is more likely to murder sons (64%) than daughters (36%), and likewise, daughters are more likely to murder their father (81%) than mother (19%). Fathers and sons are more egalitarian in their murders, killing their children / parents at about equal rates.