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TIL the US Life Expectancy has been in continual decline after 2019

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QJb5e TIL Bangkok's full name has 163 Letters
4XNPb The world’s first ever known wheelie to be successfully attempted, c. 1936.
9Y7G TIL American juries can nullify a law by ignoring it, and letting the defendant go free.
BB5x TIL of a disease known as ‘Stone Man Syndrome", a connective tissue disorder where the sufferer’s damaged muscle is slowly replaced by bone.
16wrP TIL The Big Ben's unique tone is because the bell had cracked in 1859, barely two months after its inauguration. The bell is since oriented in such a way the hammer doesn't strike the 'crack'