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TIL 25% of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% in the UK and less than 1% in the US. Vodka is cited as the cause for low life expectancy.

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R74v6 TIL when Henry Ford II took control of Ford Motor Co., the first thing he did was fire his grandfather's brutal, union-busting head of security by sending his own second-in-command, a former FBI agent, to deliver the news. Both men drew handguns on each other.
jNVDj TIL the waters of Lake Michigan are crystal clear thanks to a massive infestation of zebra mussels, who inflict considerable damage to infrastructure and throw the lake's ecosystem out of balance, but also filter pollutants out of the water.
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apxM TIL that a shot in the US is 25% larger than one in Northern Ireland and almost twice as large as a shot in the rest of the UK.
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