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TIL that after WW2, men through the '50s to the late '70s used to marry for the first time on average by age 23- and today the average age is over age 30

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ZW0B TIL - The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition issued a recommendation for pregnant women to eat more fish, in direct contradiction with the FDA’s guidance. It was later discovered they received a $70k grant from National Fisheries Institute right before issuing that recommendation.
a5w0 TIL that the man who designed Saddam Hussein’s bunker was the grandson of the woman who designed Adolf Hitler’s bunker.
8B84 TIL Canada’s first deaths in Afghanistan were the result of friendly fire after U.S. Maj. Harry Schmidt ignored direct orders to hold fire and dropped a 500lb missile on a Canadian battalion during training exercises. Schmidt has refused to apologize for his role in the incident.
wow61 TIL the word "sneeze" was originally spelled "fnese." The spelling shifted in the 15th century due to people misinterpreting the F as a long S.
oRPK8 TIL that after the American Revolution, British Sir Guy Carleton argued with George Washington who wanted Carleton to return American slaves that Carleton felt obliged to free. Carleton freed the slaves and promised that Britain would compensate the slave owners, but Britain never did.