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TIL The US government withdrew recommendations to floss from their website because there are so few studies backing up its effectiveness

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ON8X TIL The U.S. had 500,000 Purple Hearts manufactured in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. In 2003, there were still 120,000 of these medals in stock.
xVlab TIL that as the HMS Sheffield was sinking off the Falklands in 1982, the crew gathered round and started singing 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' from Monty Python.
XvVR TIL Adult Women are currently the largest computer/video gaming demographic at 36%, partly due to the rise in the casual gaming market- the stereotypical teen boy only accounts for 17% of the gaming population. Non gamers have also become the minority.
nGkd TIL in 1963 at age 11, Kurt Russell starred in a movie with Elvis Presley. 16 years later, a 27-year-old Russell played Elvis in a TV movie, and 15 years after that, voiced Elvis in Forrest Gump.
ADnKw TIL that Ivan the terrible executed his first rival when he was 13 years old