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TIL an analysis based on insurance industry data concluded that without aging or disease, people would live an average of nearly 9,000 years before accident, murder, or disaster got them.

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l7Mr TIL a scumbag is a used condom
VMny0 TIL that Glitter is destroying our oceans.
NLp1 TIL that in 2003 the computer term “Master/slave” was banned for being racially offensive by the Los Angeles County purchasing department
x78g TIL one of the oldest olive trees is 2000-4000 years old, and still produces olives.
PYPKw TIL that Stalin hired people to edit photographs throughout his reign. People who became his enemy were removed from every photograph pictured with him. Sometimes, Stalin would even insert himself in photos at key moments in history, or had technicians make him look taller in them.