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TIL Italy's men have the highest life expectancy in the world, at 81.7 years

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99kM TIL there is a city in the Caspian sea built ontop of sunken oil tankers.
7GJp TIL that 57 years of fusion research is equal to one fifth of Wall Street executive bonuses this year ($144 Billion). AND as much as 72 days of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. That is how under funded energy research is in the US.
NXyJN TIL Susan Weaver, AKA Sigourney Weaver, began using the name "Sigourney" when she was 14 years old, taking it from a minor character in The Great Gatsby.
4pgb TIL that ExxonMobil includes the taxes YOU pay at the gas pump AND employee payroll taxes in their PR about how much they pay in taxes.
oR7mR TIL there is clear evidence that one of the largest volanic eruptions in human history took place in the mid-15th century, but scientists still have no idea where it happened