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TIL There is at least 10 times as much crime on TV as there is in the real world.

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LDwP TIL the Soviets had made a prototype laser pistol for use by their astronauts. The pistol was deigned to burn a hole through the spacesuits of enemy astronauts, killing them via suffocation and/or explosive decompression.
v1gdx TIL that many people carved various things on the walls of Hagia Sophia throughout the centuries. These runes were carved by a Viking general who is presumed to have gotten bored during the mass and carved "Halvdan was here" on a marble slab.
p8xXZ TIL, if an animal on a Malaysian postage stamp is nocturnal, it's eyes will glow.
GmMN TIL a 2006 study at McGill University found that women watching sexual imagery reach physical arousal as quickly as men and are sexually aroused by a greater range of images than men
GDrE TIL that African Elephants have 4-6 sets of teeth in their lifetime, and when the last set wears down, they starve to death