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TIL that people who look young for their age have a higher life expectancy than those who don't.

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8agrV TIL of David Douglas: A Scottish botanist/explorer who became the first mountaineer in America. When climbing Mauna Kea in Hawaii he fell (or was pushed) into a pit trap with spikes. A bull then fell on top of him, crushing him to death.
OoQb1 TIL that a man attempted to kill president Andrew Jackson, but both of his guns misfired and upon this the president himself took out the attacker with his cane.
BgwMd TIL that philosopher Moritz Schlick was assassinated by a former student, who claimed Schlick’s anti-metaphysical philosophy had “interfered with his moral restraint”.
PpKO TIL The hottest curry on earth is a British curry made in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Known as ‘The Widower’ it is so hot it can make you hallucinate.
JYmZl TIL of this Black Hole that is 34 billion times the mass of the Sun, devours almost one Sun's worth of mass every day.