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TIL 80% males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 did not survive World War II.

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E1DXX TIL in 1989 a retired nurse was asked to give her real life testimony about her home accident for a commercial. When they asked her to repeat exactly what she said during the accident, she shouted “I’ve fallen… and I can’t get up.”
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gM1W8 TIL Julie Andrews lost the ability to sing due to a botched vocal surgery in 1997
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