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TIL that a marine's sniper rifle failed in the middle of a firefight, so he called customer support for help.

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oBx5L TIL Blueprints are blue because the photosensitive chemicals used to make copies of the documents turn blue when exposed to light.
1axY7 TIL people with higher IQs are found to suffer from more mental health problems. While data shows highly intelligent people have a greater life expectancy, it found higher IQs result in increased reports of mental health problems like depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and others.
OGZE1 TIL about 'Sexual Parasitism' in Anglerfish, where the male dwarf fish bites an adult female, latches on, fusing its tissues to the female host to eventually share one circulatory system. The male eventually withers away, and all that is left is its testes.
WkJOd TIL about 40% of all Vietnamese people have the surname Nguyễn. It is also the 7th most popular surname in Australia, and 2nd in Melbourne in particular.
8rv4 TIL Comanche Indians would torture captured settlers by cutting off their genitals, stuffing them in their mouths, sewing their lips together, then staking them over a nest of red ants until dead - Comanche women often orchestrated the torture.