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TIL Uganda has the youngest population of any country in the world, with a median age of 15.

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yQNGX TIL that during World War II, Disney made animated films for every branch of the U.S. military and government. 90% of Disney employees were devoted to producing the animations. One film had Donald Duck in an nightmare were he worked in a Nazi artillery factory, and ate in very small rations.
KOX74 TIL that heavy metal band Black Sabbath started as a blues band called Earth, but changed their name after seeing the Boris Karloff horror film "Black Sabbath". They liked "that people paid money to be frightened".
NXQWe TIL casting away a ship carries the death sentence penalty
N1kJ TIL that people tend to significantly overestimate how noticeable their embarrassing behaviors are to others, due to a cognitive bias known as the Spotlight Effect.
P7dV TIL in 2011 a 14 year old girl died as a result of caffeine toxicity after consuming a 0.7 liter Monster Energy drink can. Her mother proceeded to sue, stating that “I just want Monster Energy to know their product can kill.”