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TIL during the 2008 Great Recession, overall mortality rates actually went down.

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Blor TIL of ‘Courage’, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle mascot of the Second Australian Calvary Regiment. After refusing to cooperate on a training exercise, Courage flew away for two days. Once located, he was found to have been AWOL, and was formally demoted from the rank of Corporal back to Trooper.
WkONN TIL that Ricky Gervais was the lead singer of a new wave pop duo in the 1980s called Seona Dancing.
awOOZ TIL Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin moved to Singapore before Facebook went public and therefore saved himself as much as $100 million in U.S. Capital Gains Taxes
joKv TIL that Carl Sagan and the 14th Dalai Lama had a 35 hour communication captured on film.
l46r TIL that British India tried to get rid of cobras by offering a reward for captured snakes. Locals started breeding cobras & giving them to the government to collect the reward. The British found out & stopped the program. The breeders then released their snakes, causing the population to increase