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TIL children will, on average, eat 54% more fruits and vegetables if recess comes before lunch (versus the other way around)

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NWEM TIL Michael Jackson (born 8/29/58) caught on fire on 1/27/1984, 9282 days after he was born. He died 9282 days later.
GAlYG TIL the term pub is short for public house
WkJ04 TIL: About 40 percent of the calls that come in to the emergency hotline (911) in San Francisco are deemed non emergencies. Examples include people complaining about rap music next door, car towing and, in one case, no internet.
v1wjL TIL in 1398, Timur the Lame faced an army that had war elephants armoured with chain mail and poison on their tusks. Timur loaded his camels with wood and hay, and then when the elephants charged, he lit them on fire and forced them onwards. The elephants panicked and turned around.
nWeOG TIL, The poingnant "Web of Life" Speech supposedly delivered (or written) by Chief Seattle in 1855, was actually an invention of screen writer Ted Perry for the 1972 environmental film Home