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TIL that ageists age worse

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yV0GM TIL Mel Gibson accidently hung himself on the set of Braveheart
KYeea TIL "You have the right to remain silent" means "You are allowed to stay quiet IF YOU WANT." This whole time I thought it meant "Be quiet" (Sorry I'm not from the US and I've only heard this in movies so please forgive my ignorance lol I feel so slow)
rRkeo TIL that the retirement age for men in the USA was set at 65 in 1935. The average life expectancy at the time was 61.7 years old.
7rBeM TIL that "the Defenestration of Prague" was an actual historic event that shaped world history and led to 8 million deaths. (Yes, they really mean "defenestration". I never knew how that hilarious word came to be, but turns out this is the origin.)
N7P11 TIL the penalty for treason against the United States is death, and is defined as giving enemies “aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere”