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TIL a US court upheld the argument that rape is an occupational hazard of military service.

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m1wdy TIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She went on to work in circuses until her death in 1989.
mxogv TIL there are 4th, 5th, and 6th degree burns, used primarily in forensics, but they are ignored in first aid classes because if someone has above a 3rd degree burn they are likely dead.
E1QJo TIL That in the Live Aid Queen performance, at 16:38 you can see a wave going to the back of the stadium from the people clapping. That wave is the speed of sound, caused by the people at the back hearing the music a split second before the people at the front.
R7nL1 TIL that people that buy bottled water are spending between 240 and 10,000 times the cost of the water, depending on the brand of the bottle.
xVaMg TIL that after a screening of Pink Floyd The Wall, Steven Spielberg turned to the head of Warner Brothers and said “What the fuck was that?”