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TIL that lawns cost American an average of 70 hours a year to maintain, causing around 35,000 lawn-mower related injuries per year

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OGgpY TIL of Reginald Hamilton Earnshaw, believed to have been the youngest person in the British services to die in World War II at just 14 years old.
Bggwe TIL that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald likely sunk due to the freak of nature event called "the three sisters" where three abnormally huge waves suddenly appear and completely wash away the boats. The same type of freak events occur in finance, quantum mechanics and liquid helium.
gYaL TIL American roulette wheels are different than wheels in other parts of the world. Casinos in the U.S. use a 0 and double 0 to decrease the odds of winning to 1/38, while other countries use just 0, making the odds 1/37 when betting individual numbers
r7p1 TIL that Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because “something tragic” will happen.
KdAJ TIL items confiscated by the TSA (including weapons) end up getting sold back to the general public in state-run auctions.