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TIL the most dangerous job in the United States is that of the logger, with 110 deaths per 100,000

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0xdL TIL that Metallica performed in Antarctica just to break a record and be the first musical act to perform on all 7 continents.
Oo1wL TIL that Iceland has the highest number of authors per head, and one in ten icelandic people will publish a book in their lifetime
Br8PW TIL only 3 people have technically died in space. In 1971, the Soyuz 11 crew was killed at an altitude of 104 miles when the cabin depressurized. The re-entry seemed to go off without a hitch. But recovery crews quickly discovered the crew inside dead, with blood streaming from their noses and ears.
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