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TIL that reduction in life expectancy due to COVID-19 was 1.9 years for men and 1.6 years for women

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m4Rp TIL in 1914 Henry Ford doubled his worker’s wages out of pocket, causing wages to rise competitively nation wide. He profited as sales increased now that many more Americans could afford his Model T.
OGl4X TIL that after alleged Catholic involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the US cut off diplomatic relations with the Holy See (the Pope) and did not restore them until 1984.
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p8LRe TIL of Sophia Blanchard one of the first women to fly hot air balloons. She lost consciousness on a few occasions, endured freezing temperatures and almost drowned when her balloon crashed in a marsh. In 1819, she died when her air balloon crashed. 10 years earlier her husband died the same way.
grLgb TIL Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived U.S. president, had a village in India renamed "Carterpuri" after his 1978 visit. His mother, Lillian, served in India as a Peace Corps health volunteer in the 1960s.