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TIL that the flu kills an average of 26,000 people in the United States each year.

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l6Ka TIL that the higher the social class a person is the more likely they will act in an anti-social manner e.g. breaking the speed limit, lying in negotiations and support unethical behaviour in the workplace.
JEVm TIL Earth is believed to be home to approximately one trillion species, with only a fraction of one percent actually documented.
WkrXd TIL Tolar, NM has the distinction of being the only town in the USA to be bombed out of existence in World War II. Not that it was a large town at the time. The explosion from an accidental railroad disaster left a crater about 20-feet deep and 60-feet wide - the town was pretty much obliterated.
Ooy44 TIL It's possible to die from being too sad due to the stress hormones that get released.
jNB8v TIL that the Wehrmacht suffered 80% of its military deaths in WW2 on the Eastern Front