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TIL that people in Denmark both pay the highest taxes in the world and are the happiest people in the world, according to several surveys, have 6% unemployment and a nominal GDP that’s 25% higher than that of the United States.

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OGena TIL that Quentin Tarantino appears as an Elvis impersonator in the Golden Girls episode "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1" 4 years before the release of his first film
9wPam TIL ten years after the first courses in electrical engineering were introduced at the University of Missouri, the main academic hall burned down. The cause of the fire was attributed to faulty electrical wiring
Brj6L TIL that there is a Japanese animated series based on the life and works of American Songwriter Stephen C. Foster called "Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair," after one of Foster's songs. It ran for 52 episodes in the early 90s.
wL9eP TIL: In 1991, a plane crashed after an inspector from afternoon shift started repair by unscrewing 30 screws, but failed to pass the information when changing shifts. The plane then fell from 3 km height, killing everyone on board.
5YaND TIL Zanjeer aka Ginger was a Sniffer dog who helped detect over 3329 kg of RDX explosives, 249 grenades and live ammunition during the 1993 Mumbai Blasts and thus helped save thousands of lives. Poor boy died of Bone cancer at the age of 8 and was buried with full state honours.