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TIL Total US credit card debt is going to surpass $1 Trillion by Christmas.

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7rJGx TIL that a Herpes virus, Murid gammaherpesvirus 68, symbiotically protects its host from Yersinia pestis (Bubonic Plague)
d81m7 TIL psychopaths are immune to the sympathetic, contagious yawn response. Additionally, researchers found that those resistant to the 'contagious yawn' were also resistant to being startled.
NZ5b TIL The Mormon Church Maintains A Centralized Committee That Actively Monitors The Writings, Activities, and Speech of its Members
Oo0l4 TIL A battalion of Scottish troops who went to battle in kilts was given the nickname "The Ladies from Hell" by the German troops they fought against in World War One.
8aXV4 TIL that Crocodile Dundee was inspired by Ron Ansell, an Australian buffalo hunter & crocodile poacher. He sued Paul Hogan for profits of the films, but lost & was bitter about it for the rest of his life. He was killed in a police shootout on 8/3/99.