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TIL that with each degree of temperature rise, violence increases by up to 20%

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npXd TIL as an act of psychological warfare the US army planned to drop extra large condoms labeled as medium in the Soviet Union to demoralize the Soviets.
ADgBg TIL that spoken Hebrew virtually went extinct as a spoken language in the 2nd century CE, but was revived in the 19th and 20th century. It is the only revived language in the world and is now spoken by millions as their native language.
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