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TIL that 47% of male victims of domestic abuse are threatened with arrest. 21% are arrested.

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09Kv TIL There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America with roughly one foot of water
RJGQ TIL that the furthest you can get by car from a McDonald’s in the lower 48 US states is 145 miles.
o5jo TIL the Peking University in Beijjing has developed “smart tags”; small inexpensive tabs that stick to food packaging and change color when it goes bad.
9Yx8Q TIL A button-up shirt refers to any shirt that buttons up the front. A button-down shirt refers to the collar of a button-up shirt. If the collar can be fastened to the shirt via buttons, then it’s a button-down shirt.
rN1ye TIL the construction crews on the Golden Gate Bridge were forced to wear their safety equipment under threat of dismissal. (For the first time in history) They also used other safety equipment and procedures to reduce fatalities on the job.