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TIL two-thirds of the way between your 31st and 32nd birthdays, you will turn one billion seconds old.

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GYMo7 TIL that ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife as the dead's heart was weighted against the feather of Maat, If the dead's heart balanced with the feather of Maat, they would be admitted to heavenly paradise, if their heart was heavier than the feather their souls would be permanently destroyed.
6EoDX TIL That the guy who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan has been freed from psychiatric care since mid-2016 (John Hinckley Jr.)
yQrM TIL that only 9 US Presidents to date were not millionaires
pkYZ TIL That in 1975 $10 million worth of Huey helicopters had to be pushed off the flight deck of the USS Midway and into the sea to make way for the emergency landing of an aircraft with Vietnamese evacuees on board
p8PZ8 TIL a 2003 heatwave killed over 70,000 people across Europe including 14,000 in France alone.