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TIL that 0.5% to 0.7% of all words spoken are swear words

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Wa7A TIL that most, if not all, white cats with blue eyes are deaf. In white cats with mixed colored eyes, deafness affects only the ear on the blue-eyed side.
X0v16 TIL that an A&W restaurant in Lansing Michigan is credited with inventing the bacon cheeseburger, some say due to customers constantly requesting it.
bPYp TIL The youngest known serial killer ever is Amerjeet Sada who killed 3 young children at the age of 8, including his neighbor’s baby whom he bludgeoned with a brick
AN69d TIL the rate of fatal accidents due to wagons and horses in 1907 was 42 per 1 million people. For comparison, the motor vehicle fatality rate in 2023 was 120.6 per 1 million people (USA)
x6DW7 TIL Sashimi originates from China in 823BC and popularity peaked during Tang Dynasty 800AD before it arrived in Japan in 18th century.