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TIL height is inversely correlated with life expectancy. Studies have found that men below 5' 9" live on average 4.95 years longer than men above 5' 9".

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MelWV TIL: The Rwandan Genocide killed 800,000 people and led to war and subsequent genocide that killed 5.4 million.
Bg40D TIL The headquarters and main Visitor Center at Rocky Mountain National Park (Part of the US National Park Service) was designed by Taliesin Associated Architects; Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural firm.
DGXe TIL There is a prison in Columbia that allows inmates to be armed with knives, guns, and even grenades while allowing paramilitary training.
16VgP TIL the Pointer Sisters, who were megastars in the early 1980s with dance/pop songs such as "I'm So Excited", "Jump (For My Love)", and "Automatic", won their first Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance for the country song "Fairytale", written by sisters Anita and Bonnie Pointer.
97YB TIL that the entire staff of Australian radio station Triple J went on strike to protest the censoring of the N.W.A song ‘Fuck tha Police". As one final protest before they left they put N.W.A’s 'Express Yourself’ on repeat. It played for 24 hours straight.