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TIL that 93% of Steam Users were Born on January 1st

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OoZEX TIL when King George V was near death in 1936, his doctor injected him with, "750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over – in order to ease [his] suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight."
awxy9 TIL Margaret Thatcher performed a short live sketch with "Yes Minister" actors portraying their characters Jim Hacker and Humphrey during an award ceremony, and Creator Jonathan Lynn thanked Thatcher "for taking her rightful place in the field of situation comedy."
mxnXy TIL the minimum kills to be called a "serial killer" is three
rRDpx TIL that voyager 1 and Pioneer 10 are first and second most distant space crafts from earth. And since both are moving on the opposites sides of solar system, it also makes them two man made objects farthest from each other.
Kykw TIL: 7-Eleven Day (Free Slurpees at 7-Eleven) is celebrated on July 11 (7/11) in the northern hemisphere (summer) and November 7th (7.11) in the southern hemisphere (summer).