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TIL the amount of charitable donations made by Americans roughly matches the national deficit.

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awwAy TIL all zombies in mainstream media were made possible by a copyright mistake of George A Romero's classic, Night of the Living Dead. He would have kept rights till 2024
G7vN TIL “Baby Jessica” who fell down a well and was trapped for 58 hours found out about her own ordeal and rescue after watching an episode of Rescue 911.
rjd4 TIL “call of the void” is that feeling when you think for a second about steering into oncoming traffic or jumping off a cliff for no reason although you would never do it.
kjO4 TIL that if you have excess skin after dramatic weight loss, you can actually donate the skin, which is removed via surgery, to burn victims
5YRoP TiL About The Map: Vesuvius, 1832 ,Kate Wiles on Auldjo’s artistic map of Vesuvius across 200 year of major eruptions.