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TIL Australians lose more money per capita to gambling than any other nation

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e00r4 TIL Steve Seagal and Joe Arapio killed a puppy with a tank during a raid on a suspected cockfighting ring. Upwards of 100 roosters were also killed, no illegal activity was discovered.
Z8gyv TIL it's a fallacy that you can't escape a submerged car. Once the water has filled the car, the pressure is equalized and the door will open. Smashing the window with an emergency tool however will greatly increase your chances of escape.
nNeo TIL Rottweilers were known as “Rottweil butchers’ dogs” because they were used to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat and other products to market.
6El5w TIL Mary Kay Letourneau's father John G. Schmitz once ran for President of the United States, and was such an extreme right-winger, the ultra-conservative John Birch Society expelled him
XEWBE TIL of the N.S Savannah. A nuclear powered passenger/cargo ship built in 1961, that was intended to showcase to the world an example of the peaceful uses of nuclear power.