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TIL Charles Manson has spent only four years outside of prison since the age of 15.

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NXg91 TIL since 1850, more than 5,000 people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally but only 17 are known to have survived.
M7Gw8 TIL "Pico de Gallo," the popular Mexican salsa made with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and lime, means "rooster's beak." Theories on the name's origin include that people used to eat it by pinching it with their thumb and forefinger, like a rooster pecking, or because of its colorful appearance.
ep40n TIL that the US bombing in the Vietnam War was roughly 100 times the combined impact of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs
DQEbD TIL the history of this iconic design known as "jazz"
pvBA TIL villagers living in Fucking, Austria voted to change its name to ‘Fugging’. Vote failed since another village by the same name existed whose earlier name was also 'fucking’ surprisingly.