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

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YnB7 TIL that a man on death row escaped from prison the night before his execution only to be killed in a bar fight the following night.
P15gJ TIL Sony implemented a marketing strategy for their Walkman by hiring young adults to walk around in public wearing a Walkman, offering intrigued passers-by the opportunity to test out the product.
5VlED TIL girls from China's one-child policy era were found with needles in their brains, inserted into their soft skulls as infants by family members who wanted boys instead of girls
GLZE TIL the industrial band Ministry named their third album “The Land of Rape and Honey.” Which is the actual town motto for the rural town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan. An agricultural town known for honey and rapeseed production.
jNgVX TIL that in 1947, the "Doomsday Clock" was invented, it essentially says how long we have until it is doomsday (midnight). In 1991 it was 17 minutes to midnight, and this year it is 100 seconds to midnight.