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TIL that most of the US bankruptcies are caused by health problems.

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enE TIL the sea serpent myth likely stemmed from an actual fish with a long serpent-like body, reaching up to 56 ft in length. Despite its size, it’s rarely seen due to living primarily in deep open ocean.
O09L TIL when Judge Judy was offered her own TV series, Petri Hawkins-Byrd, her former bailiff, wrote her a congratulatory letter, saying: “If you ever need a bailiff, I still look good in uniform.” Judge Judy called him at home to offer him a role, which he accepted.
ejb4 TIL that everyone with blue eyes descended from a single person who lived between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago.
4Bga TIL - Honda does not want to make a V8 engine. One dealer complained enough to where American Honda actually sent them a shipment of V8’s………… tomato juice.
8eWD4 TIL that as a teenager in 1826, future American frontier legend Kit Carson ran away from his saddlery apprenticeship in Missouri and traveled to what is now New Mexico. His master advertised about his runaway apprentice, Carson, but only offered a 1-cent reward to anyone who would return him.