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TIL that as of 2003, there were between 50 and 100 people in the US who had nuclear-powered pacemakers.

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awbVL TIL the last time there were two named storm systems in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time was June 18, 1959
mxonp TIL of Takahiro Siraishi, a Japanese serial killer who targeted people posting about suicide on twitter, claiming they had consented to be killed
p850p TIL Ariana Grande got a kanji tattoo that actuallly says 'BBQ Grill'
oRNao TIL On Shrove Tuesday 1229 some University of Paris students got into fight over a bar tab and attacked a tavern. The students had benefit of clergy but the city guard killed some of them. The students responded with strike for two years until the school was given independence from local authority.
GbDE TIL a sub-generation exists called the “Oregon Trail Generation”, and consists of people born in the late ‘70s and early '80s.