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TIL: Loneliness is associated with increased risk of developing Parkinson disease.

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nW6NY TIL 20 years ago, in India, hundreds of women lynched a man akku Yadav in a courtroom when he remorselessly taunted his victims and threatened "to teach them a lesson". He was stabbed at least 70 times with kitchen knives and his penis was cut off.
EgeOW TIL coronary disease was uncommon as a cause of death at the beginning of the 20th century but became the most common reason for death by mid-century. This was due to an increase in smoking and dietary changes.
rNJMx TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.
nKd9 TIL Half Price Books was founded by two men who pooled 2,000 of their own books as the store’s first merchandise.
pnMQ TIL that during the Winter War 1939, one exceptionally burly Finnish ski trooper immobilized a Soviet tank with nothing but a crowbar, prying the treads off by brute force.