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TIL that the top 3 causes of death among Gen X'ers are cancer, heart disease, and unintentional injury. Liver disease and diabetes are also in the top 10.

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Z8vyQ TIL that Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving veterans of WWI and one-time oldest man on earth, was called away from eating lunch to design the key countermeasure to Nazi magnetic mines - he did this in only 9 days. He attributed his longevity to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women."
dm5K TIL That when caterpillars go through metamorphosis they, essentially, melt into soup and re-form their body from there.
JAdQ TIL of Adrian Schoolcraft, ex NYPD officer who recorded corruption,wrongdoings and police abuse in the NYPD. He submitted it to investigators and ended up reassigned to a desk job, got abducted from his house and thrown in a psychiatric facility against his will and fired. His family got the bill.
WkGQY TIL that during World War 2, over 120 000 Japanese Americans were held in concentration camps around America, most without any reason except their race. It wasn't publicly acknowledged as a human rights violation by the US government until four decades later.
16BAD TIL That the golden record on each of the Voyager space craft carries a recording of someone saying "Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time." in Amoy, a dialect of Chinese, along with a diagram showing Earth's exact location.