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TIL living next to a landfill greatly increases your risk of developing all kinds of health issues including tuberculosis

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KVyw TIL astronaut Scott Kelly will become even younger than his twin elder brother (also an astronaut) Mark Kelly (born 6 minutes before Scott), by three milliseconds after the completion of his one year mission on the ISS
VrB TIL ancient Greek statues were originally brightly painted.
bQeZ TIL Starbucks is donating 100% of their leftover prepared meals to charity. They’ve been donating pastries since 2010, but refrigerated vans will now allow each of the 7,600 stores to distribute all the food that remains unsold at the end of the day while keeping it safe to eat
KOJ5w TIL that George Washington's teeth weren't made of wood. Rather his dentures were made from animal and human teeth, which he had most likely pulled from slaves.
yVPNa TIL that the oldest surviving intact videotape and kinescope program is “The Edsel Show”, aired October 13, 1957