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TIL Domestic Violence increases on average 25% during the world cup

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vQ17 TIL that Reinhard Heydrich, one of the men responsible for the Holocaust, was such a hardcore Nazi that Adolf Hitler called him “the man with the iron heart”.
axeb TIL residents of the city of Glasgow in Scotland have a disproportionately low life expectancy and no one’s sure why.
D1mQD TIL flypaper used to be made with metallic arsenic, which some people would soak in water to extract the poison. Fly paper had been used in several murder cases.
R50M7 TIL (after breaking both clippers and some weak scissors) that you're supposed to clip nails and toenails after a bath, when they are softer.
d8D87 TIL the actress who played Iola Boylen on 'Mama's Family' & was an actress & produced episodes on 'ALF' also was the Library Monster on 'AAAHH! Real Monsters' as well as a voiceover on 'Tiny Toon Adventures'