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TIL that FDR was 39 years old when he contracted "infantile paralysis", the contemporary name for polio

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v14kj TIL about invasive North American earth worms. All areas of North America that were covered in ice in the last ice age were devoid of worms before European colonization. If you've even encountered an earth worm north of the 45th parallel, it's almost guaranteed to be an Asian or European species.
Pebn TIL that South Korea is the world leader in.. suicides. Currently there is an average of 31.7 suicides per 100,000 people. Only .1 more than Lithuania’s 31.6 suicide rate which is the second highest.
VMZx0 TIL that the first person to be voted out of the first version of Survivor committed suicide a month after going home.
1616D TIL 5 of the Top 10 Most Attended Concerts of All Time were held at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, including the Number 1 show, played by Rod Stewart on New Years Eve of 1994
4XlJX TIL Dr Watson ejaculates 11 times throughout the Sherlock Holmes stories. Ejaculate being used to mean exclaimed - '“Thank God!” I ejaculated from my very heart.'