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TIL The UK has an Alarming 50% Higher Death per 100k rate Than The US!!!

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L91V TIL, every year on August 5th the Mars Curiosity rover is programmed to sing itself happy birthday
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LQgYp TIL that Celine Dion once refused an award (Anglophone Artist of the Year)
4kD15 TIL in 2016 “Worlds Luckiest Man” survived a plane crash and then won the Dubai Millionaire Lottery 6 days later. “God saved me for some specific purpose“ he said.
6EPNY TIL Conan O'Brien, as a young Harvard student, really wanted to meet Bill Cosby, so he created a fake award to be rewarded to Cosby and convinced him to come to Harvard to accept the award. He proceeded to award him with an old bowling trophy.