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TIL for every person alive today, only 15 people have died through all of human history.

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NObe TIL that Six Iranians were arrested for appearing in a video dancing to Pharrell Williams’ song Happy and were sentenced to one year in prison and 91 lashes
4kyag TIL Q Lazzarus, singer of Goodbye Horses, was unknown when the song appeared in Silence of the Lambs. Labels had rejected her due to her dreads, so she drove a cab. Once, she picked up "Lambs" director Jonathan Demme, and played him her demo. He responded "Oh my God, what is this and who are you?"
GAPkJ TIL in 2017 the leading New Zealand opposition party (Labour Party) selected a new candidate to run for election just 7 weeks before the vote. That candidate was Jacinda Ardern.
jwp TIL that Talmund style Jewish circumcisions involve the Rabbi using his mouth to suck the blood from the penis.
OWXg TIL of David Johnson, volcanologist. Successfully fought a Chief Brody-like fight to keep the summit Mt St Helens & Spirit Lake visitor-free for 2 months before the cataclysm. Instead of 1000 deaths there was 53; him among them, radioing “…Vancouver, this is it” seconds before he was incinerated.