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TIL for every person on earth, there is 62 LEGO pieces.

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JwJm [TIL] The study findings from a Secret Service study on school shootings revealed that there is no “profile” of a school shooter; instead, the students who carried out the attacks differed from one another in numerous ways.
Br1jy TIL the highest paid public official is not a legislator or head of state. With a salary of 7.09 million dollars it is actually Nick Saban the head football coach for The University of Alabama.
KYkQ4 TIL that Joseph Guillotin, the namesake for the infamous guillotine, actually opposed capital punishment entirely but felt he wouldn't garner enough support to do away with it entirely. He advocated for the guillotine because it was more humane than many alternative execution methods.
yere TIL the original version of the French film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, was lost in a fire, the master negatives were found 53 years later in a Norwegian mental institute by a janitor in a closet.
x6ydb TIL Sri Lankan playwright Ruwanthie de Chickera performed her debut play "Middle of Silence" at the age of 19 and her debut play was staged in London's West End. She also wrote screenplay for 2008 Italian-Sri Lankan film Machan which was based on the disappearance of Sri Lanka national handball team