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

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1mo4 TIL that the lyrics from The Byrds’ 1965 song ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’ are taken almost verbatim from the book of Ecclesiastes, in the King James Bible.
ep0BJ TIL that a Grateful Dead show in 1972 inspired Elvis Costello to start a band
a8dmy TIL Bagheera kiplingi spider was discovered in the 1800s and is the only species of spider that has been classified as vegetarian.
8dZZ TIL that “kiln” was originally pronounced with a silent “n.” Linguists believe that written descriptions of kilns reached people who had never heard of them before; they assumed the “n” was pronounced, and this mispronunciation took over.
QJ9vk TIL that Bob Barker, who hosted "The Price is Right," trained as a Navy fighter pilot in WW2, but wasn't sent to the fleet in time to fight. He once said: "I was all ready to go, and when the enemy heard that I was headed for the Pacific, they surrendered. That was the end of World War II."