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TIL In 2022, with 38.7 Million Readers, AARP The Magazine Remains America’s Most-Read Magazine for the 5th Consecutive Year

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Wk8PX TIL US diplomat Larry Lawrence fabricated his military records in order to qualify for burial at Arlington Cemetery in 1997. After the deception came to light years later, his body was disinterred in an unprecedented move in the history of the cemetery.
e0yAb TIL: Thomas Jefferson, who advocated for gradual emancipation, owned over 600 slaves and was pro-segregation
pXZQ TIL that a doctor in the Bronx was fired at the height of the 2015 Legionnaires outbreak for testing the water in patients’ homes.
d8GlK TIL that the largest pumpkin ever grown in the US state of Massachusetts was in 2020, by Charles M. Lieber, a Harvard chemist convicted of not disclosing ties to the Chinese government, as well as not reporting associated income from this work
OVV7 TIL that getting annoyed at someone when we listen to them eating or breathing is called Misophonia, and it’s an actual neurological disorder.