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TIL that both men and women laugh more at men than at women

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4ka0J TIL Scroll Lock is actually used by e.g. Excel
ebQJ TIL that the American gangster John Dillinger escaped from jail with a wooden pistol. After whittling it in his cell, in March 1934 he used the fake weapon to intimidate 33 people before getting a real machine gun. “Ha, ha, ha! And I did all this with a wooden gun!” he bragged while leaving.
6EWnl TIL It was feared Mike Tyson would forget chroeography and injure Donnie Yen during the filming of Ip Man 3 but ultimately, Yen accidentally fractured Tysons finger by blocking punches with his elbow
KOgvG TIL "A rule of thumb is that if you see the tsunami, it is too late to outrun it. Even small tsunamis (for example, 6 feet in height) are associated with extremely strong currents, capable of knocking someone off their feet," writes United States Geological Survey (USGS).
gMKrX TIL about a mega-colony of Argentine Ants spanning 6 continents and 1000s of miles territory including Japan, California and the Mediterranean coast. It is the largest inter-related colony ever discovered and rivals humans in its global scale