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TIL White torture is the most horrible torture method known

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78wYp TIL Massachusetts has different ages of consent for males and females
JYRxv TIL I learned of Derek Paraviccini, an autistic musical savant. Although born blind and barely able to care for himself, he plays piano with superhuman clarity and accuracy.
d8Z5E TIL that modern computing can be traced back to fabric making on looms in the early 1800's. Punchcards were used to programmatically weave patterns. Named after their founder, Jacquard Loom cards helped inspire Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine and early IBM computing.
Gxb7 TIL that a small population of Mammoths survived on the Wrangel Island until 1650 BC, about 900 years after the construction of The Great Pyramid of Giza were completed.
gZDD TIL More veterans died of suicide than combat after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan