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TIL Adele has the best selling album of the 21st century

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dDk17 TIL that Japan has the highest percentage of residents over the age of 65 at 28.2%. The world average is 10%.
kO6l7 TIL American Indians Serve in the U.S. Military in Greater Numbers Than Any Ethnic Group and Have Since the Revolution
R7RyQ People today are living longer, healthier, and happier lives than ever before.
grZm7 TIL less than a month before 18 year old Ty Cobb started his rookie season with the Detroit Tigers, his father was shot and killed on the porch of their home. The killer was Cobb’s mother. She claimed she thought he was an intruder. She was charged with murder but later acquitted.
bxaZ TIL of Pete Maravich. During an interview in 1974, he said, “I don’t want to play 10 years [in the NBA] and then die of a heart attack when I’m 40.” He died of a heart attack in 1988, at age 40, after a 10 year career in the NBA.