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TIL Wham! donated all the royalties from “Last Christmas"—released December 1984—to Ethiopia famine aid.

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j6XpE TIL Doing CPR on person who is pulseless because of blood loss (gunshot wound, stabbing, etc.) worsens their chance of survival.
ZaDD TIL Donald Crowhurst committed suicide after attempting to fake a solo circumnavigation of the globe. His decent into insanity while alone at sea for 8 months was captured in the chilling ships logs he left behind.
b6Ol0 TIL a pronghorn's pronghorns are unique in that they are made of keratin and are temporary, whereas horns are keratin but permanent and antlers are bone but are temporary
6VgZ TIL that there are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.
nWaw7 TIL: In 1919, more than a decade before Nazi Germany adopted their policy against Jewish citizens, Britain introduced the 'Kipande System' in Kenya which required all native Kenyans wear a small red book around their neck as identification which contained their fingerprints and work qualifications.