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TIL that from the TV hit show Pawn Stars, Chumlee was involved in the m*rder of a woman and Adam the son overdosed

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10y7 TIL in 1910, when asked how much vacation time a worker should take annually, President Taft recommended 3 months
O667 TIL that 18 years after being shot, 91 of the 220 cast and crew of The Conqueror had cancer and 46 had died including John Wayne, due to the fact that the film was shot on nuclear weapons testing ground in Nevada.
BrJAK TIL: That in the 1980s a group of scientist found that male Jewel beetles in Australia were mating with discarded beer bottles as they looked like very sexually attractive females; glossy, dimpled and brown. Afterwards, the beer company changed their bottle design.
epZ8n TIL that close to half of the US population is projected to have obesity by the year 2030 (article is from 2019)
lW6A TIL that on July 11th, 2011, Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846