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TIL there are more US nuns over the age of 90 than under 60

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DQ0Xj TIL about the Paracas culture, an Andean Society dated 800 BCE – 100 BCE which had Fantastical Textiles, Mummy Bundles, and Geoglyphs predating the Nazca Lines
DQX8V TIL the 1956 Banana Boat Song was based on real life in Jamaica, where workers would load ships during the cool night hours, then wait at dawn for their work to be counted so they could go home.
oB1jY TIL a study conducted at the University of Montreal showed that young people who played the 1996 game Super Mario 64 for just two months had increased spatial and episodic memory, which improves brain capacity and helping to forestall dementia.
KYjr6 TIL NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann was the inspiration for Troy Bolton and High School Musical
5YYXD TIL of the Davy Crockett - a cold war recoilless infantry mini-nuke.