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TIL that 150,000 people die everyday

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omGR TIL you can set your Google accounts to self destruct after you die.
wL18o TIL that Charles Darwin's iconic Tree of Life sketch is missing presumed stolen from Cambridge University Library.
OGJpa TIL: In 1912, a ship carrying Christmas trees was wrecked, killing all those onboard. Since then, stories of a ghostly Christmas Tree Ship began and the area became a tourist attraction with a museum containing parts of the ship. The trees were meant to be sold for between 50 cents and a dollar.