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TIL George Orwell worked writing propaganda during World War II, and the experience helped shape his novel 1984

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nO1o TIL of the Japanese Smoking paradox. The rate of lung cancer is lower in Japan than in the US despite a higher rate of smokers in Japan
BXlL TIL in 2002, a 86 year old man was held 45min at the airport due to a strange metal item in his pocket that TSA couldn’t understand - it was a Medal of Honor.
5kgk TIL: In NYC in 1987 the number of people bitten by squirrels: 95. The number of people bitten by other people in NYC that year: 1600.
69EBl TIL That Lance Armstrong tried to destroy Greg LeMond’s legacy because LeMond accused Armstrong of using PEDs.
d7AK TIL a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War 1, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.