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TIL Single Men Wash Their Sheets on Average Four Times per Year

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d8eLK TIL of William Harrison, whose accused murderers were executed in 1661, only for Harrison to reappear in 1662, showing he was never actually dead. The events lead to the end of murder convictions without a body for 250 years in the UK.
epAbJ TIL the average's person's metabolism doesn't decline until their 60s
OGgMe TIL about the Japanese pocket knife “Higonokami”. After feudal Japan slowly transformed into a modern industrial state, samurai became obsolete and were banned from carrying swords in public. Consequently, blacksmiths started making knives; with the higonokami becoming the most unique one.
1bj8 TIL (never having made it that far) that QWOP was a long jump competition
eeR6 TIL that Tom Petty does the voice of ‘Lucky’ in King of the Hill