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TIL in 2011 a Canadian woman survived 48 days in Nevada's wilderness subsisting on candy, trail mix & snow before she heard rescuers in the distance & alerted them. Her husband had left for help after their minivan broke down but never returned & was later discovered having likely died from exposure

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N7ebM TIL that 30+ minutes of running 5 days a week has been linked to 9 years of less aging on the cellular level
ANk4 TIL That the Roman Statesman Cato the Elder ended every speech, regardless of the topic, with “…and therefore, Carthage must be destroyed!”
MeaVB TIL that according to the UN, Facebook played a "Determining Role" in a 2017 Genocide in Myanmar, where it is estimated that 24,000 died and 700,000 fled.
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