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TIL Iceland has 137 prisoners, 4 of whom are women… Total.

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Kr06 TIL a 54-yo man was riding a train in Essex when 6 women emerged from a toilet and attacked him, punching and kicking him out onto a platform where he fell on another woman who accused him of trying to steal her bag and punched him in the face. There was no explanation for the attack.
R7G07 TIL That the pilot of the failed Challenger spacecraft's last audible words were "Uh oh"
M7bVK TIL that the iconic sound of a lightsaber in Star Wars was created by combining the hum of an old projector motor with the buzz of a malfunctioning television tube.
1ag8r TIL in 1894 a female cook at Cornell University was killed when freshmen redirected chlorine gas into the kitchen as part of a hazing prank
8mla TIL in 2010 the FBI planned to raid Scientology’s headquarters. Drone aircraft had gathered hi-res images of the site and the tail numbers of Tom Cruise’s airplane were on file in case David Miscavige tried to flee. The raid never occurred due to an alleged halt from the upper ranks of Washington.