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

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7r6kp TIL: We call lions "King of the Jungle" even though they don't live in the jungle because of a translation error. The orginal phrase in Hindi was "King of the Wasteland" but their word for Wasteland sounds like the word jungle.
yQmwe TIL there were only two English words that end in "gry"-- hungry and angry. In 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary added a third-- "hangry" (an irritable state induced by lack of food).
X041E TIL that in 2000 it was estimated that between 230,000 to 284,000 iatrogenic deaths occurred annually in the USA.
OGNR TIL Senior PETA VP, Mary Beth Sweetland, takes insulin for diabetes (a product of animal testing) yet, like PETA, vigorously opposes all animal testing.
6EMXm TIL "Made In x" label originates from the Germans who took quality assurance seriously 133 years ago