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TIL Counter Strike was Osama Bin Laden's favorite game

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nRoY TIL the Declaration of Independence refers to Native Americans as “the merciless Indian Savages”.
YGYx TIL that 47% of male victims of domestic abuse are threatened with arrest. 21% are arrested.
BgNOx TIL of the walking catfish, which is able to breathe air and use its pectoral fins to "walk" and move to different aquatic environments. Native to Southeast Asia, it became an invasive species in Florida during the 1960s and has been sighted in California, Connecticut, Georgia, and England.
R7lXa TIL light bulbs in the New York City subway system screw in "backwards" (i.e. with left-handed threads) so people won't steal them to use at home.
Mnj8 TIL due to a Copyright error that was just discovered in 2015, the Happy Birthday song had been falsely copyrighted for 80 years