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TIL 30-50% of the human population carries a behaviour altering parasite

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jN0Xn TIL that 3 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy had submarines off the coast of San Francisco ready for a Christmas Day attack on the Golden Gate Bridge. One single torpedo was fired and was found buried on Marshall Beach next to the bridge in 1946
EKy0 TIL USA has produced 76% of the world’s known serial killers in the 20th century, and around 85% since 1980.
VB0lm TIL that Minnesota and Maine have had the highest voter turnout in every Presidential election since atleast 1976
69vGQ TIL biologists may have discovered the world's largest rat species, which was found in the crater of a volcano in Papua New Guinea
Z8VD4 TIL in 2011, Conan O'Brien was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church Monastery, allowing him to perform a same-sex marriage in New York. The wedding, between a member of Conan's staff and his partner, was held on the stage of the Beacon Theatre and broadcast on Conan.