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TIL the character Rambo was named after an apple.

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6ej8 TIL a Japanese man lived through the earthquake and tsunami, then donned SCUBA gear and managed to save his wife and his mother.
rRkeo TIL that the retirement age for men in the USA was set at 65 in 1935. The average life expectancy at the time was 61.7 years old.