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TIL About 95% of firefighters in the United States are men

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5VDaQ TIL Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” played on AFN radio in South Vietnam was the signal to Americans to begin evacuation in 1975
xkao TIL All polar bears alive today can trace their ancestry back to one female brown bear who lived in Ireland
NkZb TIL Ireland is the only country in the world that has a lower population today than they did in 1841. Ireland’s population in 1841 was 8.2 million - today it’s population is only 6.4 million. Still showing the long-lasting effects of the Great Famine
eZPk TIL that at the height of Shirley Temple’s popularity there was a rumor that she was not a child, but a 30-year-old dwarf. The rumor was so prevalent that the Vatican dispatched Father Silvio Massante to investigate whether or not she was actually a child.
Lk1em TIL Syd Barrett (founding member of Pink Floyd) visited the band in 1975 (years after his departure) unannounced, while they were recording "Wish You Were Here," a song for Barrett. Barrett's appearance had changed so much that most of the band did not recognize him initially.