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TIL approximately 4% of the US population is arrested every year.

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b6YRa TIL Toronto Blue Jays have an entire FB group dedicated to “Home Plate Lady” & trying to figure out her identity
gxQ7 TIL The disposable syringe was invented by New Zealander Colin Murdoch in 1956. The Department of Health weren’t interested, saying the design was “too futuristic” and that patients wouldn’t want to be injected with anything contained in plastic.
QJprL Today I learned that five times as many soldiers died in the battle of Stalingrad as US soldiers died during the whole war.
b68yZ TIL that in 2000, Robert Mugabe, then president of Zimbabwe, won the 1st prize jackpot in a national lottery organized by a government owned bank.
W7OQ8 TIL The Replacement movie was based on the 1987 Washington Redskins replacement/scab players. They played for 3 games and won all 3. The Redskins won the Superbowl that year but the replacement players never received the rings till 30 years later.