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TIL that the raccoon life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years.

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mxkgx TIL in 1961 Judy Garland became the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her LIVE recording, "Judy at Carnegie Hall", and in 1962, at the age of 39, she became the first woman (and youngest person ever) to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in film.
rRKLx TIL the Burke & Wills expedition of 1860, Australia’s own Lewis & Clarke. Burke, Wills and 17 others set off to cross Australia South-North, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, a 3250km journey one way. Both men died. Only one, an Irish soldier named John King completed the journey back.
1a8l8 Ozone holes open over the South Pole every year. Holes at the North Pole are much, much rarer but scientists have detected what may be the largest hole in the ozone layer ever recorded over the North Pole. Fortunately, the hole looks likely to close on its own in the next few weeks, the European Space Agency researchers said.
4XkyX TIL that researchers identified two different types of mind-wandering: intentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in easy tasks, and unintentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in difficult tasks.
yr1v TIL in 2009 a Russian woman was prosecuted for raping ten men, out of which nine men pressed charges, while one man said he loved it.