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TIL that until the late nineteenth century, approximately half of all humans born died from infections before the age of fifteen.

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loNbA TIL that in 1984, the Back to the Future production designer actually built the Hill Valley set to appear several years older than 1955 because the belief at the time was that making a period film in 1984 that was “right on in ‘55” would look “a little too new.”
jNmga TIL in 1990 a Peter Maxwell of California owned a manufacturing company, employed himself, had an accident on the job, hired 2 lawyers for the company and himself, sued himself, won 122k, wrote the 122k off, was then refuted and fined by the IRS, THEN later won his appeal in US Tax Court
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VMPmQ TIL In 1996 The cast of Frasier conducted an alcoholism intervention at Kelsey Grammer's home after he crashed his Dodge Viper while driving drunk.
YpnMP TIL that Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna lost the state of Texas that he previously captured because he took a siesta and forgot to post guards in the face of the American enemy.