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TIL that ~131 US WW2 veterans pass away every day.

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knEB TIL that medieval peasants received more vacation time than the average American. Their workdays also included time for leisurely meals and an afternoon nap.
Oo4va TIL Enya is a recluse who lives in a mansion with her cats and makes music with an elderly couple, the lyrics to which she sometimes sings in Sindarin and Quenya - elven languages JRR Tolkien invented for Lord of the Rings.
x65Db TIL Sega accidentally made a Disney game in error. After the success of Castle Of Illusion, they released Fantasia but it turned out the license to adapt the movie was given by mistake as Walt Disney's nephew Roy promised not to adapt it.
LQkLP TIL people in the Middle Ages believed the equator to be impassably hot. Therefore, either Jesus would’ve have to appear separately to the Southern Hemisphere or its natives would be damned to Hell under the beliefs of the time.
K9lG TIL a giant bronze statue of RoboCop is to be erected in Detroit this year thanks to a Kickstarter.