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TIL more people die each year in the US from STDs than ALL illicit drug abuse.

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Vj8Q TIL while filming The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd saved Carrie Fisher by performing the Heimlich maneuver while she was choking on a Brussels sprout.
a87k0 TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company.
5nw8 TIL that a group of Nuns is called a Superfluity, Cobblers a Drunkenship, and (wild) Cats a Destruction. Here is a huge list of Collective Nouns.
vPek4 TIL: The Epic of Gilgamesh – written 700 BCE – resembles various themes, plot elements, and characters from the Hebrew Bible. Notably, the accounts of the Garden of Eden, the advice from Ecclesiastes, and the Genesis flood narrative.
R5yEa TIL a McDonald's promotion in Japan in 2006 gave away 10,000 USB-stick MP3 players that were loaded with 10 free songs. However, they also accidentally contained the program 'QQPass' Trojan that intended to steal login data from a Microsoft Windows PC. Mcdonald's apologized & set up a help line.