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TIL that there are more nuns over 90 than those under 60 in the US.

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OoAMg TIL that sunlight provides a protective effect against influenza and other viruses
XEolP TIL of the Great Tokyo Air Raid (1945) during which 1665 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on Tokyo in a span of 3 hrs, resulting in 100k deaths and 1M displaced. It's considered the most destructive bombing raid in human history.
E1Qwx TIL on the same day Carol Greider was notified she had won the Nobel Prize of Medicine in 2009, funding for her grant proposal on the very subject she won the Prize for was rejected and deemed, in her words, "not worthy for discussion" less than 3 hours later.
p8KkN TIL Unobtainium, a metal featured in films like "Avatar" and "The Core", was an engineering term coined in the 50's to describe any highly desirable material that is hypothetical, scientifically impossible, extremely rare, costly, or fictional
gVN8 TIL Your cat thinks you’re a much larger cat with good taste in food