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TIL that people are most scared about death in their 20s, and become more accepting of death as they get older.

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VBMN4 TIL of "oxygen candles", which release oxygen when burned. They are used as an emergency supply of oxygen in submarines, airplanes, and the space station.
4LMw TIL The Berry case was not Sylvia Browne’s most horrific prediction. “Browne did a reading for [Erica’s] mother, saying she was in water and someone named “Chris” killed her. The following day, Erica’s ex-boyfriend, Chris Mineer, killed himself.”
Br9mx TIL of Nebraska Man, a purported ape species found in Nebraska based on a set of teeth. Turns out the teeth actually belonged to a peccary and were just heavily weathered.
1XLD TIL The largest bank heist in history occurred in March 2003, when Saddam Hussein’s son Qusay walked in to the Central Bank of Iraq with a handwritten note from his father authorizing the withdrawal of $920 million.
ne8p7 TIL the drug cartel under Pablo Escobar spent an estimated $2,500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together and supplied 80% of the world's cocaine and smuggled 15 tons of cocaine into the US per day at the height of his power.