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TIL Ladybird Johnson donated money to have wildflowers along all of Texas Highways

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yQmrw TIL that despite being widely publicized, the Hindenburg disaster was only the 4th worst airship disaster.
jNmLN TIL that approximately 2 million (1%) of Americans are pathological gamblers and approximately 1 in 5 of those pathological gamblers attempts suicide.
R5WRj TIL: Harvard conducted a study where they track the health of their students from 1938 to 2017. Happiness and close relationships with family are a bigger factor than IQ, wealth, genes, etc in a healthy life. Good marriages lead to less mental deterioration than stressful ones.
6EwjX TIL that Peter Oakley was once the most subscribed user on youtube and the oldest person to hold the spot
noao TIL After nearly 100 years of service the M2 .50 caliber machine gun is being upgraded and replaced with the new M2A1.