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TIL British army members have a 50% lower mortality rate than the average population, primarily due to fitness requirements and high safety standards.

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4XEKb TIL because the crew of Dr Strangelove was denied access to a B-52 bomber, they made a replica of the cockpit by comparing those of a B-29 with a single photo of the B-52's cockpit. It turned out to be so accurate that Kubrick began to worry about a FBI investigation into how they got it so close.
Qygk TIL that in 1952 North Korea once held an “Inter Camp Olympics” for P.O.Ws as a publicity stunt, with some 500 prisoners taking part in events like American Football and Basketball.
lonEr TIL in 1945, Barry Fitzgerald accidentally decapitated his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while using it to practice his golf swing. The statute was particularly vulnerable because it was made of plaster and painted gold due to the shortage of metal during WWII.
R5Yo8 TIL corned beef and cabbage isn’t a traditional Irish dish. The real meal is bacon and cabbage, but Irish immigrants in the US substituted more readily available corned beef.
OGjER TIL that the left breast gets cancer more often than the right one.