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TIL That Since 1950 Sedentary Jobs Have Increased By 83%
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TIL young George R. R. Martin began writing by selling monster stories for pennies to other neighborhood children, dramatic readings included
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TIL that it is possible to donate spare processing power on your computer to help the CERN’s LHC process data.
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TIL A WWII messenger pigeon named GI Joe was awarded a bravery medal for “Making the 20 mile flight from British 10th Army HQ, in the same number of minutes … just in time to save the lives of at least 100 Allied soldiers” 31 other pigeons have been awarded for bravery during service.
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TIL that the Disney film Pocahontas originally had a role written for John Candy. He was supposed to voice a turkey named Redfeather.
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TIL about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed an estimated 224,000 people. It is not even not even in the top 10 for deadliest natural disasters in history.