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TIL There is a negative correlation between incidence of rape and pornography use - as porn use goes up, rape rates goes down

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QJD6 TIL Cold War defense computers had ashtrays
RLN9 [TIL] Nestle agreed in 2001 to ensure its products were not made with slave labor by 2005. In 2005, the international organization it made the agreement with found it had not done so.
wowKP TIL D.D. Palmer, who performed the first chiropractic adjustment in 1895, credited the ghost of a long-dead doctor with introducing him to the healing practice.
p4Ep TIL that when The Beatles were at a British Embassy reception in Washington D.C., someone cut off a lock of Ringo’s hair as a souvenier. Ringo told an interviewer, “These diplomats just don’t know how to behave.”
8aEZL TIL The crunch sound of food is made by mini sonic booms; breaking at 300 meters per second or faster.