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TIL that People Have More Empathy for Battered Dogs than Human Adult, But Not Child, Victims

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5M8r TIL an image of Jesus Christ that appeared on the side of a South American grocery store after a rain storm attracted hundreds of visitors and was claimed to be able to heal the sick. It was later discovered to be a whitewashed Willie Nelson tour poster.
gMwVD TIL One of the first soldiers to charge the beach on D-Day was a Canadian bagpiper, who only survived because he said German Snipers thought he was to crazy to shoot
ZWQB TIL that a neutrino particle could pass through a block of lead 1 light year thick and never interact or be stopped by a single atom.
ADnan TIL there is more water in 100g of red bell pepper than in 100g of Coca Cola.
n9KB TIL the Beatles did not know how to read music and George Harrison once said that he thought if he learned music theory it would ruin his ability to write songs.