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TIL - Half of Irish Travellers (i.e. Gypsies) do not live past the age of 39 and unemployment among male Travellers is 73%.

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N7BZb TIL that a party boat carrying about sixty men and women once capsized in Texas after all the passengers rushed over to one side of the boat when the boat passed a nude beach.
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69GY TIL a film is being made that’s set in the LEGO universe. It’s being co-directed by directors of 21 Jump Street and the director of Robot Chicken, and stars Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development)
neOdY TIL that an 8-year-old boy earned an estimated $26 million, over a 12-month period, from reviewing toys on YouTube.
9wp0D TIL that the Goodwin Sands (A sandbank that lies off the East coast of England) is home to more than 2,000 shipwrecks.