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TIL we are technically still in an ice age.

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oBveW TIL that out of the 101 oldest people who have lived/are still living, 95 of them are female.
8ePQG TIL $100 bills made up 80% of all US currency
WnQN TIL about the Dyatlov Pass Incident, in which 9 hikers died. They “tore out” of their tents at night in sub-zero temps. 4 died of hypothermia, 3 had fractured skulls, 1 had brain damage but no physical trauma, and 1 had her eyes and tongue removed. Their deaths remain a mystery.
a81Bo TIL the first words ever spoken in a feature film were, “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” — delivered by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927).
Jppm TIL that Dysthanasia is the opposite of Euthanasia and means “bad death”. It often occurs in modern medicine when a terminally ill person is kept alive beyond their natural period, thus prolonging their suffering.