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TIL - Two thirds of Americans who declare bankruptcy cite medical bills as a significant cause

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9Y6lM TIL Actor Joe Pesci got his start as a musician, playing guitar with Joey Dee and the Starliters. When he left the band he was replaced by a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix
9YbDB TIL the parachute was invented hundreds of years before the airplane, with some early parachute concepts dating all the way back to 1470
8aAWG TIL that the fingerprints of slaves still exist in bricks that the slaves made over 200 years ago
5VBQp TIL a wealthy building contractor who stormed the Bastille had miniature Bastilles made from the prison walls and sent all around France.
DQdQD TIL the number of banking tellers in the US rose from 300,000 to 600,000 with the introduction and spread of ATMs