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TIL loneliness has the same impact on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, making it more dangerous than obesity

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ne7Wo TIL that over 2,500,000 Indians volunteered to fight in World War 2, making it the largest all-volunteer army in history.
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6Ex7J TIL that the reason why It Wasn't Me by Shaggy got famous is because a DJ in Hawaii pirated it off of Napster and played it live on air. The song was not supposed to be on the album.