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TIL Fewer people are killed in the U.S. with all rifles including “assault rifles” each year than with shotguns, hammers & clubs, and hands & feet. (2007-2011 Chart)

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KeAa TIL: Brazil imported 11 times more slaves than the United States; Rio alone was home to more slaves than the entire American South
dKN7 TIL There are still 3 coded messages from WWII that haven’t been decrypted yet, but we are still working on them!
Mnom TIL a man staying in an inward-looking hotel room at Rogers Centre (Toronto) was caught masturbating during a baseball game in full view of the stands, thinking the windows were one-way. Patrons must now sign contracts stipulating that they will not perform lewd acts within view of the stadium.
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8aZPa TIL that Cocaine, Nicotine and Caffeine all belong to a group of chemicals known as alkaloids that also includes quinine(a malaria drug), HHT(a leukemia drug) and Atropine(the toxic component in deadly nightshade). These chemicals tend to be basic but can also be neutral or even weakly acidic.