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TIL the latest estimate for US life expectancy is 76.1 years, indicating a drop of almost 3 YEARS since 2019...

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R7586 TIL that the Michelin Guide, suspended during WWII, was reprinted for the Allies as it was deemed to have the most up-to-date maps.
1OJ8 TIL Robin Williams was responsible for paying all of Christopher Reeve’s hospital bills that his insurance didn’t cover as a result of a promise that the two had made back in college. Best friends forever.
7r78O TIL a fighter jet landed itself, undamaged, in a field in Montana after the pilot ejected when the plane went into a flat spin during training. The plane righted itself and flew away on its own. A farmer found the plane sitting perfectly in a field hours later with the engines still running.
MeAV8 TIL that a strain of Anthrax virus, that had been trapped in a reindeer carcass frozen in permafrost for over 75 years, thawed and infected around 2000 reindeer and ended up infecting over 20 humans.
NXZ4E TIL in 2014, a recently dumped Shanghai man and some friends deliberately booked every other seat in one of the city’s movie theaters, so couples could not sit together during their Valentine's Day movie date.