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TIL scurvy was so common during the Age of Sail that shipowners and governments assumed a 50% death rate from the disease for their sailors on any major voyage.

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OGKxR TIL in 2008, a man walked into a clothing store near Chicago and killed 5 women. Despite 7,500 leads and a $100,000 reward, the man has never been identified and the case remains unsolved.
Br5eK TIL Germany built one aircraft carrier during ww2 which was discovered in 2006 260 feet below sea level
BjeL TIL former President Jimmy Carter renounced his religion as a Southern Baptist in opposition to the way women were treated as inferiors to men.
p87VN TIL that a 2016 study found that acetaminophen — the main ingredient in Tylenol and about 600 other medicines — not only dulls your pain, it also dulls your ability to empathize.
d8P4r TIL In most countries, being born there does not automatically grant you citizenship