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TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t vote in any country, ever.

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JYV7k TIL the movie Die Hard was based on a book "Nothing Lasts Forever" where the main character is depicted as a disturbed hero from his Second World War fighter pilot days, and it is hinted that if he never got involved, fewer people might have been killed. At the end, he likely dies from his wounds.
0WKp TIL 70% of adult raccoons carry a parasite that will eat your brains and eyeballs.
69GOW TIL of the 1979 US "Tractorcade". Demanding policy changes, around 3,000 farmers brought their tractors to Washington D.C to create traffic and congestion. However, during the protest a blizzard struck, and the convoy became unexpected heroes shuttling hospital staff through the snow
XvYk TIL that a man’s home was being foreclosed and the bank wouldn’t let him sell it. He responded by spending 2 weeks tearing down the $350K home he built.
gM8OL TIL life expectancy in the US has declined for two years in a row. The last time it fell two years in a row was 1962-63.