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TIL Eighty percent of Soviet males born in 1923 died in WWII

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8aJx8 TIL that the often quoted 10:1 ratio of bacterial cells to human cells is actually closer to around 1:1
jDAE TIL that Jim Fixx, the man credited with starting the fitness revolution and demonstrating the health benefits of jogging, died of a heart attack while jogging.
4kgr5 TIL millionaires and billionaires account for 1.1% of the world population.
YBLx TIL Stanley Kubrick told journalists to pronounce the “2001” in “2001: A Space Odyssey” as “two thousand and one” in the hope that the movie would influence the pronunciation of that year.
o6nY TIL when Brig. Gen. Otis Howard had his right arm amputated after being wounded in battle, fellow Union Brig. Gen. Philip Kearny (who lost his left arm in the American-Mexican War) later remarked, “General, we will have to buy gloves together!”