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TIL that over 1983-2000, 96% of US plane crash victims survived.

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rR74x TIL: There is a mine in Canada buried and frozen with left over arsenic dust to kill every person in the world.
8NM4 TIL in 1988 at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq had an army of 1 million, rendering it the 4th largest army in the world.
yp9X TIL that “under god” was added to the American pledge of allegiance in 1954 because Soviets were believed to be atheists
a8Lrb TIL IBM holds the record for most annual US patents generated by a business for 29 consecutive years
1aDVX TIL despite working with an annual budget of only CAD 67M (US $48M), the National Film Board of Canada is among the most highly awarded film studios in the world. It produced over 3000 films, won over 5000 awards & has been nominated for 74 Oscars, more than any film organization outside Hollywood.