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TIL More than 30% of all deaths in Russia in 2012 were attributable to alcohol.

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j6wEn TIL The billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig created the Jari Project, a 4 million acres paper pulp farm/factory/planned community in Brazil in 1967. By 1981 Ludwig divested himself of the expensive failing project. The Jari Project was just down stream from Henry Ford's failed Fordlandia rubber farm.
eYBn TIL a crow succeeded in a cognitive test that stumped most 4-5 year old children, indicating their intelligence may even outshine that of apes
4kvba TIL that the techichi is the ancestor of the chihuahua and were thought to see into the future by the ancient Toltecs who kept the dog as a companion.
rNBoW TIL of the earlier War In Vietnam which was a success for Western forces. Combined British, Japanese and French forces defeated Ho Chi Minh, with the well experienced British forces having particular success.
9Yp8X TIL that Nabi Tajima is curretly the oldest living person in the world — and the last surviving person born in the 19th century