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TIL Iran’s Air Force Flies American-Made F-14 Tomcats

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jNGZR TIL that counterintuitively, overall death rates DECREASED during both the Great Depression and the Great Recession. The main cause of this was a lack of motor vehicle accidents, but deaths from heart disease and infectious diseases also went down. Only suicide rates increased, and not by much.
nWOo TIL that Ole Miss operates the United States’ only legal marijuana farm, on behalf of the government.
wrBE TIL that Mountain Dew Baja Blast is only sold at Taco bell because it is chemically formulated to taste best with their food.
ejd6 TIL IMAX projectionists have to wear protective body armor while handling or changing the projectors lamp
705X TIL A typical Rihanna single hit costs around $75,000 to make, another million to promote it, and the lyrics are written in about 15 minutes.