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TIL more Male babies die yearly than Males who are 100. Also, 85ish seems to be real avg life expectancy.

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6B7Z TIL the US armed forces standard issue pistol uses the 9X19mm Parabellum cartridge which is named after the Latin phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum” (If you seek peace, prepare for war).
KBGa [TIL]Winston Churchill had a plan set forth called “Operation Unthinkable” which called for the Allies to link up with surviving German forces and attack the Soviets if the USSR did not stop their advance at Berlin.
0dmL5 TIL That there was mysterious stone found buried in the ground in New Hampshire in 1872 that has no known age, purpose or origin.
pYr88 TIL about Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island. The Canadian Government has planted 70,000 trees on the 26 mile long sand bar and one has survived: a scrubby pine that is decorated for Christmas every year.
YpbpW TIL there are no regulations on what side the fuel tank door is on cars, it’s simply chosen by how the car is put together.