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TIL: If you have IQ of 69,it indicates intellectual disability

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bEv7 TIL that a Canadian family concerned that they were too attached to technology decided to spend an entire year living like it was 1986 with no internet, cellphones or cable.
pYoPp TIL about the Khamar-Daban incident, when all but one of seven hikers trying to climb the Khamar-Daban mountains died with mysterious and unexplained symptoms.
mPLM TIL since the end of WW2, the US had a military doctrine that required it to be able to fight two wars, on two fronts, at the same time
Je5Q TIL a New Zealand man memorized the French dictionary to compete in a French Scrabble tournament. He won the tournament despite not speaking any french.
J9wk TIL When U.S. space shuttles started linking up with Russia’s Mir in 1995, both sides owed a small debt to the KGB. it was the KGB that successfully stole the U.S. designs in the ‘70s and '80s, unintentionally laying the groundwork for the compatibility between the U.S. and Russian systems.