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TIL The founder of Mormonism was shot several times, fell out of a window, died, and proceeded to be shot more.

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oj0L TIL There is a growing consensus that bare-knuckle boxing is safer than gloved boxing. This is as the bones in the hand are considerable weaker than those in the skull, meaning the bare-knuckle fighter can’t punch with full force to the head.
dDXPj TIL in the 1800s the USDA gave farmers an herbicide to combat ragwort, a weed toxic to horses and cows. They'd spray sodium chlorate but get some on their pants. The dried sodium chlorate was high highly flammable leading to an epidemic of EXPLODING PANTS.
ZkQB TIL Lawrence Brewer ended the last meal in TX when he ordered two chicken-fried steaks, a triple bacon cheeseburger, an omelette, fried okra, a pound of barbecue, half of a loaf of bread, three fajitas, meat-lover’s pizza, a pint of ice cream, fudge, and three root beers and didn’t eat any of it.
ZpgjY TIL: There is a study that proves across 80 pairs of jeans that women pockets are generally half the size of men for the same brand. Only 40% of them can comfortably fit an iPhone X and only 10% can fit your entire hand. In comparison 100% of male jeans can fit either.
4YY6 TIL Hurricane season is in late summer because that’s when the temperature difference between the sea surface and the air above is the greatest.