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TIL heart disease kills more people per year than cancer, war, terrorism, hunger, suicide, diabetes, respiratory diseases and mental disorders combined.

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nW5ar TIL that graduation caps are derived from a biretta, a hat commonly worn by Roman Catholic clergymen in the 14th and 15th century.
p8Wxe TIL the US manufactured enough Purple Heart medals in preparation for a possible invasion of Japan in 1945, that they still awarded ones manufactured back then during the recent Iraq and Afghanistan wars
Oppg TIL Da Vinci was a devoted vegetarian, a nearly-unheard of practice at his time. His love for animals was such that he would often purchase caged birds just to release them.
9oG TIL When Rod Serling was a child he was able to entertain himself so well that when his family was on a road trip they all kept quiet to see if he would notice. He didn’t and talked non-stop through the entire car ride.
rgBd TIL there’s a pit in Russia so wide and deep helicopters can’t fly over it, and it can be seen from space.