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TIL a boy born without a brain lived over 12 years before passing away.

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ZQDY TIL of “Ubasute” a Japanese word which translates to “abandoning the old woman”. As the name implies, families would carry the elderly members of their family into the forest to be left to die of dehydration/starvation. It was done during periods of hardship to take the burden off of the family.
n8mG TIL that the US population spends more than 68 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR on lottery tickets. That is more than what they annually spend on movie tickets, music, pornography, the NFL, the MLB and video games combined.
0d745 TIL the fastest speed ever registered by a male while downhill skiing backwards is 82.92 mph (133.46 km/h) achieved by Anders Backe in Vikersund, Buskerud, Norway earlier this year.
N78j8 TIL the actor who played the lead guitarist, Zack, in the movie “School of Rock” was arrested multiple times 15 years later for stealing guitars and amplifiers from music shops.
N7JyE TIL: Given their lack of empathy, psychopaths are not susceptible to contagious yawning, according to a study conducted in 2015 at Baylor University