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TIL 80% of lightning strike victims are male.

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0BrA TIL: Nixon sent champagne and a note saying “Justice ultimately prevails” to Mark Felt after he was pardoned by Reagan. 30 years later, it was revealed Mark Felt was “Deep Throat” who helped bring the Watergate cover-up to light.
awgL TIL The majority of child abuse victims are not traumatized by their experience and in fact go along with it only to later feel guilty for not feeling the way society tells them they should
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