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TIL Canadians live ~4 years longer than Americans on average
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TIL President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou were fluent in Mandarin Chinese. During their years in the White House, they would often hold entire conversations in Chinese to prevent the staff and acquaintances from hearing what they were saying.
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TIL that London Underground journeys take on average more than four times longer for disabled people.
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TIL that the expression “Yo” has been in use since the 16th century.
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TIL Ted Turner created his own alternative to the Olympics, the Goodwill Games, and Turner believed international sporting competitions would prevent future wars. The Games lasted from 1986 to 2001 and featured the first major international beach volleyball event.
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TIL 2008 was the UN approved International Year of the Potato