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TIL in a study it was found that, when domestic violence is one-sided, in 70% of the cases, women were the perpetrators

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b9Xn4 TIL Ex-President Ronald Reagan occupied the 34th-floor Fox Plaza office building (where parts of "Die Hard" were shot) til 2001, breaking tradition by using a private office over a federal one. When Reagan aides toured the 34th-floor in 1989, it was littered with shells/broken glass from "Die Hard".
Lk760 TIL the new Air Force One aircraft are 747's that were built and flight-tested for a Russian airline
b9Vy4 TIL only one two-lane road connects eastern Canada with western Canada. In 2016, the road was closed due to a bridge needing repairs, splitting the country for 17 hours and forcing drivers to detour through the US
AKl TIL that the author of “Alice in Wonderland”, Lewis Carroll, was a valid suspect for Jack the Ripper!
9wdLr TIL that for males, the human body is mostly around 60% water, and for females with naturally lower muscle density and more fat, can be as low as 55%