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TIL people diagnosed with ADHD have an 8.4 year lower life expectancy

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mdBR TIL in South Korea, earning an Olympic Medal means you avoid a mandatory two-year military service.
9w4Np TIL Daryl Hall has a restraining order against John Oates
XEOjQ TIL Tom Hanks never actually played the ping pong in Forrest Gump; the ball was added using CGI. Hanks and his competitor was just swatting air, timing their action to clicks.
eprbE TIL that during the Vietnam war, Susan Schnall and her husband both military personnel stole an airplane to drop anti-war leaflets on multiple bases and an aircraft carrier.
lodnN TIL the Latin phrase "annus horribilis" is used by world leaders to call the worst year in living memory. For Queen Elizabeth, it was 1992, the year when Windsor Castle caught fire and Princess Diana and Prince Charles' marital problems became increasingly public