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TIL Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language

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7wZr TIL that while the US has the most civilian guns per capita by far, it’s only 28th in gun homicide rate, at just 3 per 100,000 people.
dM7E TIL there is an episode of Cow and Chicken where a gang of really butch women bikers come to their house and “eat all their carpets”.
wLk5E TIL Issac Wright Jr. served nine years of a life sentence related to drug charges before being exonerated. He studied law feverishly while he was imprisoned, and in 2017 he was sworn in as a licensed attorney and granted admission to the bar of the New Jersey Supreme Court
e0ePk TIL that a mass grave was found in Ireland containing the bones of 796 infants.
MePaA TIL Vampires(Jiangshi) in chinese lore are thought to be unable to move their limbs, so they move around by hopping, this being one of their trademarks. They are also know as "hopping zombies"