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TIL Worldwide in 2024 there were 212% more births than deaths ... 119 people died per minute & 252 people were born per minute.

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OoXpL TIL Caregivers can suffer from "Compassion Fatigue". Symptoms include loss of enjoyment, loss of hope, self-medication by drugs or alcohol, depression, anxiety, frustration/anger, difficulty concentrating, headaches and muscle pain.
1aWXD TIL of the city of Lakewood, CA and the post-World War II suburban community. Developers in the city built 17,500 homes in less than three years on empty fields. They then sold about 30 homes per day to war veterans backed by government mortgages, once selling 107 homes in one hour!
wokEJ TIL about airship spy baskets. Used by Germans during WW1, an airship hidden above clouds would lower a basket with a lookout below the clouds to help navigate or find bombing targets.
78JaZ TIL the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919 to end the First World War included a convention establishing concert pitch as A = 435 Hz
4kVla TIL Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, whose founder was a Macedonian Greek general. She was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn the Egyptian language.