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TIL of the fear of crime gender paradox, a term coined by criminologists to describe the fact that women are much more afraid of street crime than men, despite the fact that men are vastly more likely to be victims of said crime.

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xj95 TIL that İhsan Sıtkı Yener designed a Turkish keyboard layout after studies were made on letter frequencies and finger anatomy along with Turkish Language Association, which resulted in Turkey breaking countless world records in typewriting championships since its invention in 1955
ZpjwG TIL in 1702, a British admiral attempted to attack a French naval squadron, but some of his captains refused to help, leading to the French escaping. The French admiral later wrote to the British admiral recommending that he execute the cowardly captains. He took his advice, shooting two of them.
PYKNE TIL Edgar Allen Poe once wrote a love letter to the dash, a form of punctuation he felt was unfairly demonized.
X1W6 TIL Medical doctor Donald Unger cracked the knuckles of his left hand every day for sixty years, but he did not crack the knuckles of his right hand. No arthritis or other ailments formed in either hand, and he was awarded 2009’s Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
E1JWW TIL: Anti-communist South Vietnam used a song written by a communist as their national anthem without his permission