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TIL that mothers are more likely to abuse their children.

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WklA9 TIL during the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854, Charles Davis Lucas tossed a live Russian artillery shell overboard before it exploded. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross and ultimately ascend to the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1873, dying in 1914 at the age of 80
8aByV TIL Rust Doesn't cause Tetanus. Tetanus, or lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani, an extremely hardy rod-shaped bacterium found in animal digestive tracts and soil worldwide. Humans can be exposed to Clostridium tetani in a variety of non-rusty ways, such as animal bites.
9YPA6 TIL 25% of global land use and land-use change is driven by beef production.
nJWY TIL Kent Waldrep was paralyzed during a NCAA football game between TCU v Alabama. TCU used “student athlete” defense to avoid paying Waldrep’s medical bills and cancel his scholarship.
j68Yv TIL that it was once believed that pulling up a Mandrake would cause you to be condemned to Hell and so animals were tied to the root instead to pull the root out of the ground