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TIL 70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives.

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R7Oo1 Today I learned that there are only about 25 blimps in the world and only half of those are operational. This is partly due to high construction and operation costs
nJD7 TIL that Godzilla is covered in “keloid scars” to evoke the gruesome marks borne by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. After these incidents, Godzilla was conceived in Japan as a metaphor for the danger nuclear weapons represent to humanity.
XEPo6 TIL of french writer Gabriel Matzneff. In spite of having described his pedophile activities and sexual tourism in several of his books, he remained sheltered from any criminal prosecution throughout his literary career and benefited from wide support within the French literary and political world.
E1ZdP TIL 35% of the deaths of Russian men under the age of 55 are linked to excessive vodka drinking. Almost 25% of Russian men die before the age of 60, compared to 10% of American men and 7% of men in the UK.
MekO8 TIL Pittsburgh, PA, USA, due to being situated between three rivers, has the most bridges within city limits in the world, at 446