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TIL In 2005 , the United Nations Deemed SCOTLAND “The Most Violent Country in The Developed World”

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ADXJo TIL charges were dropped on an Australian man for displaying the word "C*NT" on a public billboard because judges ruled the word as 'commonplace vernacular that is not deemed offensive' in Australia.
GAWxN TIL that in 1969, when the Football War broke out between El Salvador and Honduras, the Salvadoran Salomon Vides fled to the jungle and survived alone 32 years until he was found and reunited with his family in 2001... and learned that the war only lasted 100 hours.
89oX TIL starlings exist in North America because one guy wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare.
rbe4 TIL that whether Marco Polo actually traveled to China is unclear. No Chinese record mentions him. His account of the trip never mentions the Great Wall, Chinese characters, chopsticks, or footbinding.
W7Ov9 TIL the early american jet used for ground-strike missions in Korea, the F-84 "Thunderjet" had a pilot's myth associated with it. It was said it had a ground-sniffer and would only take-off if it could smell dirt. As such, pilots suggested carrying bags of dirt to make her take off on a shorter run.