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TIL - An American woman lost all her teeth due to fluoride poisoning from tea. She'd been having a pitcher of ice tea made with 100-150 bags every day for 17 years.

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j6MBN TIL that HMS Victory is older than the USA
8a8pZ TIL Stephen Hawking provided the voice for his own character in Futurama
oBxdo TIL that the sea level is rising everywhere in the world, except along the coasts of Finland and Sweden. But even though the sea is still rising here, it’s just that the land is rising faster
8apxV TIL in May 2007, a man was singing the song "My Way" during karaoke and was shot and killed as he sang. The security guard was complaining that the man's rendition was off-key, and when the victim refused to stop singing, the guard pulled out a .38-caliber pistol and shot the man dead.
4PWJ TIL that “to train each Apache pilot from scratch cost £3 million. It took six months just to learn how to fly it, another six to know how to fight in it, and a final six to be passed combat ready. And that was if you were already a fully qualified, combat-trained army helicopter pilot.”