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

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R5Va6 TIL That prior to 9/11 knives up to 4 inches long were allowed in aircraft cabins
1aP8D TIL the Turkmenistan "Door to Hell" is a large crater in the Karakum desert, created by the collapse of a natural gas field. Engineers attempted to burn off the gas for the protection of local villagers, but instead, it has filled the cavern with flame for 50 years, with no end for the near future.
j6w5R TIL one of the reasons LBJ didn’t pursue another presidential term 1969-1973 was because an actuarial committee (accurately) predicted he would die at age 64, when he would still be in office. He died 2 days after the 1973 inauguration.
o7rK TIL that Ben Franklin had 10+ bodies buried in his basement, which he probably obtained via the black market, in order to study human anatomy.
AND9g TIL that the act of vomiting involves a complex series of chain-link reactions by your body that connect to a "vomit center" in the brain. The lower digestive system in cases of perceived poisoning shuts down and causes the stomach to convulse in order to bring everything back up the way it came in.