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TIL that sleeping too much is associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes than sleeping too little in adults over 45.

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yQYO8 TIL of Frank Hayes, a jockey who won after suffering a fatal heart attack halfway through the race. Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far only, jockey known to have won a race after death.
Zpl0G TIL On average, people who have been incarcerated are at twice the risk of death by suicide — even years after their release — compared to those never imprisoned.
KYZ0Q TIL, unlike most birds, kiwis have horrible eyesight and are frequently prone to ophthalmological issues. As a result, they naturally rely so heavily on other senses that some have been found to have survived perfectly well albeit completely blind in the wild for years.
BgxJW TIL that one of Volkswagen's best-selling products is...sausage. Currywurst is sold at the factories and even has it's own product number.
4XKwb TIL the "whistling" noise used to indicate bombs falling in movies and TV shows is almost always the wrong way round. Anyone underneath a bomb that made such a sound (only specific WW2-era bombs) would hear the pitch increasing as it got closer, not decreasing, due to the Doppler effect.