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TIL If you are an American who just left your job for any reason and lost your job-based health coverage, you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. This means you can enroll in a Marketplace insurance plan any time of year. You usually have 60 days from the day you lose your coverage to enroll.

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ZpaWa TIL Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French, was a made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire her aid to the British during the First World War. Eugénie de Montijo donated her yacht to the war effort and funded hospitals in France.
Q8xk TIL that for his last meal, death row inmate Lawrence Brewer received two steaks, a triple-cheeseburger, an omelet, fried okra, a pound of barbecued meat, three fajitas, a meat-lovers pizza, a loaf of bread, ice cream, and root beer….and then decided he wasn’t hungry.
gL8W TIL Stanley Kubrick was asked not to depict room #217 (featured in the book) in The Shining, because future guests at the Lodge might be afraid to stay there. So a nonexistent room, #237, was substituted in the film.
8epbL TIL Dutch artist Francis Alÿs pushed a block of ice around Mexico City for 9 hours to symbolize the frustration that everyday residents of Mexico City endure in an effort to improve their living conditions
JYBX4 TIL the public was informed they wouldn't be permitted at the landing location of the Hindenburg because the airship was running a half day late due to storms. These storms saved hundreds of bystanders from being burned alive on the ground.