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TIL that under New Zealand law, the crime of rape applies only to men

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p85y8 TIL that having more lifeboats on the Titanic would not have saved more lives. In fact, taking into account the amount of time they had to launch and the amount of crew there were, it’s actually incredible that they managed to launch as many as they did.
e0dXb TIL Thanks to a Swedish tax law regarding costumes, ABBA’s stage clothes were outlandishly-designed on purpose. As long as they were impractical for everyday wear, the group’s outfits were tax-deductible.
woPA8 TIL a crystallographer named Yuri Struchkov authored or coauthored 948 scientific papers between 1981-1990, which equates to 1 paper every 3.9 days. In 1992, he won the Ig Nobel prize in literature for his prodigious contributions to the field.
MR7b TIL the son of film composer John Williams is a lead singer for the band Toto
lolvV TIL David Cross (Tobias Fünke) was the first investor in Kickstarter