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TIL 50% of bankruptcies are caused by health problems in the US.

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GGnG TIL in 1932 Australia waged a war against Emus, known as the Great Emu War, but found that machine guns were ineffective at killing the birds.
wM1W TIL the Homer Simpson quote, “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try” was added to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations in August 2007.
jN0JN TIL: Until the late '60s Disneyland banned male guests who had long hair
grBP8 TIL on average your skin fully regenerates itself every 27 days. So just about every month you have entirely new skin.
bDjE TIL in 1803 a mysterious beautiful woman in a circular UFO-looking boat called a Utsuro-bune washed ashore on a remote Japanese fishing village. She spoke no Japanese and carried a box depicting strange symbols that nobody was allowed to touch.