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TIL your computer is more likely to get infected visiting a religious website than an adult website.

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pYm1p TIL long after abandoning their cities the Mayan people still exist as a distinct group, and make up 40 percent of Guatemala's population
7rRL7 TIL the first time Dr. Henry Heimlich ever used the Heimlich maneuver was in 2016 when he was 96-years-old. An 87-year-old woman living in the retirement home where he resided began choking on a piece of meat and Dr. Heimlich saved her life.
yQ7yV TIL in the original story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys do age, even in Neverland. The reason the group is always made up of children is because if they don't die by other means (which is common), Peter "thins them out." The author never clarifies whether this means they're executed or banished.
R51n6 TIL that in 1858 the United States sent a squadron to invade Paraguay but they ended up establishing a relationship instead
vrvK TIL there is a sound effect of a woman on a police radio that has been used in countless movies,tv shows, videos games etc and nobody knows where it originated from or who the woman is.