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TIL that, since 2009, Alaskan finishers of the Iditarod race can get a custom license plate

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kJJMg TIL that by 1935 the life expectancy of an S&P 500 company was 90 years. By 2010, it was only 14 years and shrinking
WpAL TIL There Is A Way To Dispose Of And Deactivate Nuclear/Radioactive Waste While Creating Electricity.
Jppm TIL that Dysthanasia is the opposite of Euthanasia and means “bad death”. It often occurs in modern medicine when a terminally ill person is kept alive beyond their natural period, thus prolonging their suffering.
5Vv7R TIL that Margaret Fleming (1980–c.2000), who had learning difficulties, was murdered by her carers Edward Cairney and Avril Jones in Inverkip, Scotland. She had not been seen for 17 years before her disappearance was investigated. Cairney and Jones were convicted in 2019; her body was never found.
oV5A TIL that herpes virus has an internal pressure 8 times higher than a car tire