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TIL that one of Hitler's leading generals in the SS Wilhelm Mohnke was never charged with any war crime and lived until 2001.

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X0ZdP TIL Manfred Clyne proved human emotions to be transmissible via a recording of pressure sensitive clicks. Aborigines in Central Australia were able to correctly identify emotions from sounds derived from the touch of white urban Americans
KOeQR TIL that there are 636,120 sets of symptoms that meet the current criteria for PTSD(if 4 "required" criteria are met).
Oo8bL TIL violent crime in New York City has been dropping since 1991 and as of 2017, is among the lowest of major cities in the United States. In 2017, there were 290 homicides, the lowest number since the 1940s.
Z8mvQ TIL: Bananas (and kitty litter) are radioactive enough that they frequently trips the sensors at U.S. ports of entry meant to detect nuclear material being smuggled in shipping containers.
b4Qj TIL that today is Aitzaz Hasan day: a day to tribute a 15 year old boy died stopping suicide bomber from entering his school, last year.