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TIL that MTV’s 16 and pregnant has been linked to a decrease in teen pregnancies

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xGl5 TIL: When he turned 80, Leonard Cohen took up smoking again after a 30 year break, stating “I’m looking forward to that first smoke. I’ve been thinking about that for 30 years. It’s one of the few consistent strings of thoughts I’ve been able to locate.”
9YGV6 TIL - When you die you can have a water cremation. Your body is mixed with water & lye, and then heated until it is dissolved.
OG9lR TIL a 35-Year-Old Man Breaks Hardest Bone in the Human Body While Coughing
QJNxe TIL of the 1928 Pact of Paris, an international agreement which outlawed war. The period after its signing saw a significant decline in conflicts around the globe, though it didn't stop WWII.
GAgKE TIL Michael J. Fox's first role was in a Canadian series called Leo and Me. Four of the 125 people on the show's set, including Fox, developed early-onset Parkinson's — a disease that usually has an incidence rate of about one in 300.