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TIL 80% of males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 did not survive World War II.

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grEO4 TIL that in 2014, in Hangu, Pakistan, 14 year old Aitzaz Hasan Bangash saved his high school from a suicide bomber by confronting the man alone. While other students fled into the school for safety and to raise the alarm, Aitzaz held the man at bay until his bomb detonated, ending his life.
9oWG TIL there is a desk in the US Senate, operated by whichever senator sits there, that is traditionally stocked with candy of that senator’s choice to give out to other senators.
Rv59 TIL that, on average, one Google search consumes the same amount of electricity as powering a 60 watt light bulb for 17 seconds.
6EbNX Today I learned Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer
6E6mW TIL of Jack Unterweger, an Austrian serial killer. After murdering an 18-year-old girl, he got a life sentence, but became an author and campaigned to get himself released after just 15 years. He then became a reporter, reporting on his own crimes as he proceeded to kill at least 9 more people.