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TIL according to data from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Americans 55 years and older are now more likely to be regular cannabis consumers than middle- and high school-aged teenagers.

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p8M4b Today I learned Shelly Winters dumped her drink on Oliver Reed's head after arguing back and forth on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1975
KOdm4 TIL divorced people think the secret to a happy marriage is communication. People who are actually happily married say it’s not communication, it’s respect.
oBBp7 TIL of Alvin York, an American Soldier who during WWI, almost single handedly made 132 German Soldiers surrender.
e0BAL TIL that the Great Pyramids of Giza were built smooth and shiny. There was an outer layer of white limestone that covered the pyramids and reflected the Egyptian sun, but it was removed over time and only the inner layers remain.
VMg7B TIL why the Apollo 11 moon landing footage is so grainy. There was a pristine version at NASA for years, but around 1980 due to a data tape shortage they reused the tape for something else.