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TIL an Iraqi installed a remote-controlled paintball gun in his room and connected it to the Internet; he was shot 60,000 times in 30 days and got a severe case of PTSD

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5YQQk TIL medieval and old stairwells go clockwise because an attacker would need to use their right hand to steady themselves and their left hand to hold a sword whereas a defender would hold a sword in their right and steady themselves on their left.
e0VY6 TIL that during WWII, japanese opened a camp called unit 731 to develop biological weapons. They drove all kinds of horrible and inhuman experiments on war prisoners and Chinese civilians (Killing 10 000 and 400 000 while testing weapons). Americans gave them immunity in exchange of the results.
6VBX TIL Roger Ebert dated Oprah
1a0bX TIL that a flock of ravens can be called an Unkindness because they are often associated with bad luck and are trickster animals in mythology
vOrB TIL Diseases from dirty water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.