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TIL that poultry farming is associated with 9 times higher pancreatic cancer risk

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0wKMj TIL that in April 1831, in northern England, the combined and synchronised footsteps of a British Army unit induced mechanical resonance in a suspension bridge, which caused its collapse and many injuries. British Army practice is now that all troops must break step as they cross bridges.
4XmKa TIL Michael Caine legally changed his name because he got sick of airport security delays caused by his passport bearing his birth name, Maurice Micklewhite. It took him until he was 83 years old to get wound up enough.
GYMN TIL that despite the opinion that women are under more societal pressure, early 20s Men are 7 times more likely to commit suicide.
EvAP TIL South Africa is the only country to have ever developed its own nuclear weapons and then voluntarily dismantled them.
9Adr TIL that at the height of its power, Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel were spending $2500 a month on rubber bands to wrap their cash with