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TIL 30% Of new heroin users are addicted within 12 months

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X9KP TIL that Dick is a nickname for Richard because, in Medieval times, one of the customs for coming up with a nickname was to create a rhyme or swap a letter. So Richard became Rick, which rhymes with Dick or Hick. Only Dick has stuck around as a proper name.
6EJm8 TIL Norman Lloyd is the world's oldest living actor. He started his acting career at age 9 in 1923. He is still acting at 106 today. He also produces, with his latest film having been released in 2015. If he lives 3 more years, he will have been acting for a full century.
j6ReE TIL History of paper clips
Lk9Bm TIL of Bear 122, "The Boss" - a large Grizzly bear who has dominated Banff Nation Park in Canada for the last decade.
Vak4 TIL Net-casting spiders’ (Deinopidae) spiders eyes are more sensitive than cats or owls, which they use for hunting at night. So sensitive, in fact, that they need to rebuild their retinas every day because they are destroyed at dawn.