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TIL in the United States, murder rates are higher in more religious states and lower in less religious states.

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ANYLw TIL A chicken in Indonesia has such a distinctive crow it is used as a foghorn on boats.
yQL6a TIL the bit of skin holding the foreskin to the shaft is also known as the banjo string. Overly vigorous masturbation can “snap the banjo string”.
5Y4Gk TIL of Thomas De Quincy, a 19th century opium addict whose memoir is responsible for the invention of 159 common words including earth-shattering, interconnection, incubator, entourage, subconscious and post-natal. He also popularised the term 'pipe dream'.
75kX TIL law in India mandates that doctors write prescriptions in CAPITAL LETTERS in a ‘Legible’ writing as a measure to prevent deaths caused by the misinterpretation of their sloppy handwriting.
8eBjL TIL Great White Sharks have poison resistance that defies logic. Samples of shark blood showed levels of arsenic and mercury that should be harmful if not deadly but the sharks were unaffected. Additionally Great Whites' have impressive self-healing abilities.