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TIL 90% of people struck by lightning survive

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691rW TIL Olivia de Havilland, born in Japan in 1916, won Best Actress 2x; starred in the highest-grossing film ever (adjusted); legendarily sued Warner Bros and won; and died in Paris in 2020 at 104. She and her sister, Joan Fontaine- who hated each other- are the only siblings to win lead acting Oscars.
8eEmL TIL that Göbeklitepe, an archaeological site in southeastern Turkey's Şanlıurfa province is described as "the zero point of history…"
rR0KW TIL that the rate at which we process visual information slows down over time, and this is what makes time ‘speed up’ as we grow older.
9YdKX TIL Bai Fangli, "a Chinese pedicab driver", "donated 350,000 yuan (US$54,958 in 2015) over a span of 18 years to enable more than 300 poor students to continue with their studies". He "wore second hand discarded clothes", "lived in a shabby house", "ate humble food" and donated most of his income.
VBYbB TIL 'Merrily We Roll Along' (aka The Looney Tunes theme) was originally accompanied by lyrics from its author, comedian Eddie Cantor