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TIL that loneliness can make you sicker, mentally and physically, than someone who is not lonely

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kOW7m TIL that like many animated cartoons from the 1930-50s, Tom and Jerry featured racial stereotypes. After explosions, for example, characters with blasted faces would resemble stereotypical blacks, with large lips and bow-tied hair. Today, these gags are often censored when these shots are aired.
l6NN TIL That after using his body as a shield against a grenade and absoring 43 pieces of fragmentation, along with being shot 7 times by 7.62x39mm rounds, Sgt Bradley Kasal refused to quit fighting and his credited with saving the lives of several other Marines along with his own
KO7GQ TIL the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas was found less than four months ago, and was several thousands of years older than previously thought
KYVwE TIL that certain fungi that grows on the fur of sloths has anti-cancer and anti- bacterial properties, opening up new avenues for drug development research based on these unique microscopic communities.
P1AoV TIL Zillion is not a number