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TIL that nearly 80% of Thai people in Sweden are women

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ADjva TIL That in the title of the standard work of neurology, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System does not refer to organ, but instead its author, neurologist Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain.
d8KP9 TIL that John Wilkes Booth's brother, Edwin, was once considered the greatest American actor. He also once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
1aVdX TIL L.S.U. economists examined Louisiana's juvenile court records from 1996 to 2012 and discovered that when LSU lost football games it was expected to win, judges issued harsher sentences in the week following the loss.
WB7o TIL that while high profile scientists such as Carl Sagan have advocated the transmission of messages into outer space, Stephen Hawking has warned against it, suggesting that aliens might simply raid Earth for its resources and then move on.
7X7b TIL that an encyclopedia company gave away tracts of wasteland to buyers of their whole set. This backfired when the lots at Huntington Beach were found to contain large oil reserves.