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TIL height is inversely correlated with life expectancy. Studies have found that men below 5' 9" live on average 4.95 years longer than men above 5' 9".

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TIL that Appalachia, long portrayed as uniformly settled by the Scot-Irish and solely inhabited by poor working class Whites, has for centuries had an African American population that in some cases amounted to 25% of Appalachian inhabitants, an omission that manages to stereotype both races.

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TIL that "American cheese" is a combination of cheddar, Colby, washed curd, or granular cheeses. By federal law, it must be labeled "process American cheese" if made of more than one cheese or "process American cheese food" if it's at least 51% cheese but contains other specific dairy ingredients.

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TIL that the Sesame Street song "Rubber Duckie" peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 26th, 1970. It also reached #10 in Australia.

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TIL in 1970, Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, disappeared in Cambodia while working as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War. While leaving the country’s capital, he set off on his motorbike for a press conference in Saigon. He were never seen again, and in 1984, Flynn was declared dead.

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TIL polar bears have transparent hollow fur and black skin

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