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TIL the meaning of the word mortgage is literally “death contract”

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BYRD TIL: There’s an anime and manga in Japan called Saint Young Men, which is about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in Tokyo while taking a vacation on Earth and attempting to understand Japanese society.
78EDX TIL that the Guinness World Record for the longest time a person has held their breath underwater is 24 min 37.36 seconds.
X4OR TIL that odds of dying in a car accident are 1 in 5000. Odds of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 11 million. And even if you are involved in a plane crash, statistically you have a 76% chance of survival.
J1RBV TIL riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones
jNg0R TIL in 1972 Tonie Nathan was the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a US presidential election.