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TIL 8.5 million people died because of the first world war

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rNk4W TIL about the pop-star Aaliyah who died in a plane crash in 2001. Aaliyah refused to get on the plane, as she was worried about how safe it was, so one of her entourage slipped her a sedative and carried her onboard unconscious.
oRgmY TIL that in 899, the Hungarian army won a crushing victory at the Battle of Brenta by luring the much larger Italian force into a feigned retreat and ambushing them at the river crossing.
P17bg TIL DJ Qualls, star of Road Trip (2000) and The New Guy (2002), was a model in ad campaigns for both Prada and Calvin Klein
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pYEMG TIL that recent studies in the United States have shown that currently, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) ranges from six to nine cases per 1000. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) range from 24 to 48 cases per 1000.