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TIL there's a people and a language called Anāl
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TIL that Jimmy Carter's longevity is actually an outlier in his family. His father, two sisters, and brother all died between the ages of 51-63; and all to same ailment: pancreatic cancer
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TIL that a recent survey showed that 29% of Americans thought cloud computing had something to do with an actual cloud, the sky, or something relating to the weather. 51% believed that bad weather would interfere with it.
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TIL that popular actor and comedian Chevy Chase got his stage name from a 15th century English poem called The Ballad of Chevy Chase, which tells the story of the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases.
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TIL about Russia's "spacecraft graveyard" in the Altai region, where over 2,500 tons of space debris -- some dozens of feet long -- have rained down since the start of the Space Age. As new space junk falls, locals rush to raid the wreckage for precious metals they can sell.
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TIL the American Unknown Soldier of Vietnam was identified in 1998, exhumed and reburied with full honours. The tomb of the unknown of vietnam is now a memorial for Honoring And Keeping Faith With America’s Missing Servicemen