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TIL that almost 40% of the schizophrenics die from complications of cardiovascular disease which is seen to be increasingly associated

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AD08l TIL that Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who came up with the term “The pen is mightier than the sword”, is also renowned for popularizing the “It was a dark and stormy night” opening line
QJmmL TIL that during the Soviet imposed agricultural collectivization of 1932-33, an estimated 5.7-8.7 million people died from starvation, the vast majority of which were from Ukraine (4-7 million). This led to the event being called the Holodomor, which means “to kill by starvation.”
b9Yo0 TIL that after World War II, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was recruited by the CIA as an anti-communist counter-intelligence offer in France; upon being discovered by French authorities, the CIA helped Barbie escape to Bolivia.
ANZ6o TIL: In 1494, Europe experienced the closest thing to a real-life zombie outbreak.
Jeyv TIL a former tram driver in Vienna stole a tram and took it for a drive while the real driver was in the bathroom. He did it because he missed his job.