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TIL that while blacks only make up 13% of the US population, they commit over 50% of all murders.

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BrR8k TIL Elvis was a huge Monty Python fan. He would watch Python all night . He would learn and recite them. Took the tapes on his plane. He would call people Squire from the "Nudge Nudge" sketch.
x6NLg TIL that before he was famous Hugh Jackman made money performing as a clown for childrens' birthday parties. Jackman wasn't a good clown, and recalled being heckled by a six-year-old for not knowing any magic tricks.
P1dyZ TIL that there is a stereotype in Japan that train photographers (toritetsu) have a tendency to engage in criminal activity
GZE TIL that it takes the explosion of an atomic bomb to just detonate a hydrogen bomb.
9wK07 TIL for nonalcoholic dependent people, most alcohol consumed is metabolized in the liver mainly through ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase). Chronic alcohol consumers develop a secondary pathway (MEOS).