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TIL That John Lennon became an activist because Paul McCartney talked to Bertrand Russell about the vietnam war.

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jNprE TIL of a Fake Shemp, a disguised actor that is meant to replace another actor in a film. It's named after Joe Palma standing in for Shemp Howard in the last four Three Stooges shorts after Howard's death.
lO8A TIL Fritos are made of only three ingredients: corn, corn oil, and salt.
8aV7V TIL about the high levels of PTSD in low-income, urban neighborhoods in the United States. A sample of 1900 patients in Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital found that 87.8% of the sample suffered at least one-lifetime traumatic event, and the lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 46.2%.
MeEQK TIL that outside of the West Coast, the US government has identified Tennessee and Missouri as the most at risk for a catastrophic earthquake. A 2009 study predicted 7.2 million people displaced, 715k buildings damaged and 86k casualties.
GYwvg TIL the largest observed snowflake was 15 inches / 38 cm wide (the average adult tibia (shinbone) is about 14 inches!). Witnessed by soldiers at Montana's Fort Keogh in 1887.