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TIL Baby Boomers are dying off at a rate of about 4,600 people per day

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Wwe9 TIL that before the Holocaust, Adolph Hitler initiated the T4 Euthanasia Program to kill the incurably ill, physically or mentally disabled, emotionally distraught, and elderly people.
mxl0v TIL that the original lyrics in Little Richard’s song “Tutti Frutti” were changed from “Tutti Frutti, Loose Booty” to “Tutti Frutti, aw rooty” because the term “Loose booty” was considered too scandalous.
R75mj TIL that in the 1960s the CIA developed Tagboard, a supersonic resonance drone launched from the back of the M-21 (SR-71 predecessor) at Mach 3. It carried a high-resolution camera over a preprogrammed path, then released the film for mid-air retrieval, after which the drone would self-destruct.
oRkY7 TIL that eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal had three fingers on his right hand
5VXnD TIL about the "Tanganyika-Laughter Epidemic". A student in 1962 in Tanzania started laughing in a school in Kashasha. The laughter quickly spread to hundreds of people,causing schools to close for months. Researchers believe it was caused by stress, social tensions. No official explanation was given