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TIL Marion County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation after one of its officers said he suspected someone had taken a bite out of a McChicken sandwich. They concluded that the officer forgot he took a bite of his sandwich.

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788DX TIL In 1974 at a Canadian army training base in Quebec, cadets were being trained to handle discarded explosives. A cadet asked one of the instructors if he could pull the pin on the grenade, and the instructor told him it was safe. It exploded, killing 6 cadets and injuring 65 others.
wLjE8 TIL that most stars exist in binary or triple star systems. It is hypothesized that up to 85% of stars are gravitationally bound to another star in a multiple star system. Therefore, solitary stars (such as the Sun) are actually not the norm in the universe, but in fact are a rarity.
G405 TIL in 1974 the U.S. National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals advised, “no new [prisons] should be built and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed…There is overwhelming evidence that [prisons] create crime rather than prevent it.”
DOXV TIL A woman that reported 100 incidents of harassment and stalking, was found dead drugged with her arms hogtied behind her back, but ruled by the police as a suicide.
ANZnB TIL most women have one breast that's larger than the other, with 65% reporting a smaller right breast. Theories as to why this includes women preferring to nurse on their left side, which results in that side producing more milk, and immune hypersensitivity being higher on the left side of the body