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TIL males receive, on average, 63% longer sentences than females for the exact same crime.

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VBGmG TIL: during the conquest of the Aztecs, Hernán Cortés was a wanted criminal, having foregone orders by the colonial governor of Cuba to cease operations. Expeditionary forces were even sent to attempt and arrest him.
5A09 TIL a US PAN satellite was launched in September 2009 and is so top-secret that no military or governmental organization claimed to have built it.
Ooble TIL Harland Williams, the pee drinking trooper from Dumb and Dumber, created Puppy Dog Pals, a Disney cartoon
rR5n0 TIL Pîhtokahanapiwiyin, or Poundmaker, who successfully pushed back a Canadian military force and instead of continuing the fight, he surrendered himself to the British government stating, "Had I wanted war, I would not be here now. I should be on the prairie. You did not catch me. I gave myself up.
Zp9oa TIL an estimated 10% of the population of Seychelles is addicted to heroin