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TIL Canadians live ~4 years longer than Americans on average

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APe7 TIL that in 2011, Mythbusters accidentally fired a canonball through a civilian’s house and hit a parked car.
b6Z1E TIL our brains paralyze our muscles while we’re dreaming so we don’t physically act out what we’re doing in our dreams. Fascinating.
XYbD TIL that a father was denied access to see his premature twins in the NICU when Beyonce and Jay-Z had their daughter at the same time.
77bZ TIL that Rolex is owned by a non-profit trust which gives Nobel type cash awards for worthy innovative business ideas.
N76N1 TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA superstar, also is the author of a trilogy of mystery novels about Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes (the second and third books are rated 4/5 on goodreads).