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

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neXoB TIL in 1971 Juliane Koepcke’s plane was struck by a lightning and broke up over the rainforest. She fell 3.2km (10000 feet) and survived. Despite having a broken collar bone and being extremely short sighted because she lost her glasses, the 17 years old girl survived for 11 days alone until rescued
ADv0o TIL Elizabeth Swaney, a relatively amateur skier, was able to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics halfpipe by accumulating points at qualifying events leading up to the Olympics by doing flawless yet completely simple routines, outscoring opponents who often would crash in their more-ambitious runs
br07 TIL: The City of Anarchy (also called the Walled City) was the most densely populated city on earth until 1994. The community thrived with little to no government intervention, and citizens developed groups that would maintain the city for no profit.
P65V TIL During WWII, when he realised his guns had malfunctioned, an RAF pilot prevented a German bomber from bombing Buckingham Palace by cutting the German plane in half with the wing of his Hawker Hurricane.
Me49W TIL There is no universal sign language. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions.