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TIL: That hot water can cause cancer

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V4om TIL there are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world. And 23 of these languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people.
7xK7 TIL: That 40% of white men and 50% of black men will be arrested at least once for non traffic offences before the age of 23 in the USA
GpnE TIL upon hearing that the Crusaders had lost Jerusalem in 1187, Pope Urban III suffered a heart attack and died
KBP6 TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
Brj7e TIL The Habsburgs were a dynasty that at one point controlled much of Europe. Many members of this family inherited a distinctive protruding jaw. Charles II (“the bewitched") was the last Spanish Habsburg. He suffered from multiple health issues and infertility, and died without heirs in 1700.