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TIL 86% of the victims of female sexual predators aren’t believed, so the crimes go unreported and don’t get prosecuted.

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Om9R TIL Jerry Seinfeld’s grandparents were from Aleppo, Syria
7ALx TIL that the Harry Patch was the last Tommy to survive the horror of the trenches of WWI. He died aged 111 in 2009. He never forgot those lost and always made sure to remember lost Germans as well as Allied troops.
a8WRb TIL that before the 16th century, most carrots were purple
XEplD TIL that in Greek, the phrase "it's all Greek to me" is "Αυτά μου φαίνονται κινέζικα" - "this strikes me as Chinese". In Persian, the language referred to is Japanese, in Slovak it's Spanish, and in Chinese, it's Martian.
oRdlA TIL people diagnosed with ADHD have an 8.4 year lower life expectancy