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TIL A 93 year old man froze to death in his home after the power company shut off his electricity because he couldn’t pay his bills

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rRMd TIL Iceland is a Non-African state member of the African Union
W7YWo TIL Brahma chicken can be up to 30 inches tall and as heavy as 12 pounds
DQY4g TIL invention of the modern American football helmet is credited to US Naval Academy football player (and later Admiral) Joseph M. Reeves, who had a shoemaker create one for him after a Navy doctor told him another kick to his head could result in instant insanity or death.
5YkXr TIL Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was written by Johnny Marks, a Jewish man who based the story on his own childhood and struggles as a small and shy underdog
wee7 TIL that the government has actually shut down 17 times over the past 37 years. It happened 3 times in 1977.