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TIL The S. Korean gov. has a program that helps pay for US Korean War vets to visit the locations where they fought 70 years ago

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Wk7OA TIL Life expectancy in Zimbabwe under President Mugabe fell from 62 years in 1990 to 36 in 2006
dDxZ9 TIL that from 1987 to 2005, there was a Nintendo Power Hotline that players could call to talk to gameplay counselors to get help and advice for Nintendo games. Some of the counselors were also highlighted in the "Counselors' Corner" section of Nintendo Power magazine.
7rQ4Z TIL that a grasshopper mouse from the Sonoran Desert is immune to scorpion venom and howls at the moon getting the nickname werewolf mouse.
epVkD TIL that vending machines are more likely to kill you than a shark attack
vPPWD TIL Our Sun can make a total of 80 different elements: helium and then everything from carbon through polonium, but nothing heavier. For that, you need a supernova or a neutron star collision. Of all the types of naturally occurring elements here on Earth, the Sun can make about 90% of them.