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690A8 TIL the odds of dying for a 78 year old man, irrespective of personal health, is 1 in 19. By age 83 those odds are 1 in 12.
16WXP TIL the word "gunsel" didn't originally mean gunman, it meant catamite. Hammett used the word in the Matlese Falcon because he was sure his editor wouldn't know the real meaning, and the mistaken meaning became common usage.
w9wP TIL Charlie Chaplin first came to America because he thought he was inheriting money. It was actually for a meeting with producers, which started his film career.
Ooakg TIL that there have been at least six instances of chimpanzees stealing and eating human babies.
RkWQ TIL 0.5% of the world’s population owns 38.5% of its wealth. The bottom 66% of humanity account for just 3.3% of it