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TIL That 78% of NFL players file bankruptcy within 5 years of retirement.

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x687o TIL that there was a 22-year-old Indiana boy named Brock Meister who survived a cancerous brain tumor and a car accident-induced internal decapitation (when the spine and skull fully separate from each other). The same neurologist also treated him for both life-threatening conditions.
PYVrJ TIL The history of animated characters wearing white gloves has ties to caricaturing black people, partially inspired from minstrels who often wore them during shows, as well as jazz which influenced many early 1900's cartoons. It was also practical to help distinguish hands from their black bodies.
QJroa TIL Switzerland allows assisted suicide even by non physicians if carried out for altruistic/unselfish reasons
OGlVY TIL Dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994 due to fears that they could spread diseases to the native seal population.
Pebn TIL that South Korea is the world leader in.. suicides. Currently there is an average of 31.7 suicides per 100,000 people. Only .1 more than Lithuania’s 31.6 suicide rate which is the second highest.