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TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t vote in any country, ever.

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l7Pn5 TIL of the Cycloped, an early horse-powered locomotive
VLnp TIL: the “1 in 5 college girls are sexually assaulted” study included “forced kissing” and “sexual activity while intoxicated” as sexual assault, which is how they got the 1 in 5 number.
BrQBW TIL that in 2001 a cat was cleared of the smothering death of a baby. Nicola Payne had found the cat lying on her boy's face when she went into his bedroom. She tried frantically to save him, but he was dead. Pathologists found that sudden infant death syndrome --not the cat, was the cause of death.
rN1kw TIL A 2017 study found that the introduction of iodized salt in 1924 raised the IQ for the one-quarter of the population most deficient in iodine.
W7xaB TIL a panel of scientists developed a plan to use cats that glow when exposed to radiation as a way to warn future civilizations about radioactive sites. The "Rad Cats" purpose would be explained in a nursery rhyme designed to be passed along, generation to generation.