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TIL The Guy who voiced the Pillsbury Doughboy’s Laugh was making the equivolent of over $300,000 a year just for that laugh

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pYy6O TIL according to the CDC's 2021 report on the leading causes of death: suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10-14 and 25-34 & the third leading cause of death among those between the ages of 15-24.
Vbr8 TIL That rules about how to address the US flag came about because Americans didn’t want to look like Nazis.
VBXMZ TIL that in 2013 baseball great Mike Piazza appeared in a production of the Miami City Ballet whose school his daughter attended. Piazza said he did this in an attempt to raise the profile of ballet among sports fans.
YpyVZ TIL About the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi , planted in 288 BCE, is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. It has been protected since its planting mainly due to its religious significance in Buddhism.
jkvn TIL The highest scoring fighter pilot in history was thrown in a Soviet Gulag after the war, and knocked out an interrogator by hitting him with his chair. When he was placed in solitary confinement, the entire camp rioted. He survived the gulag and went on to lead Germany’s first post war squadron.