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TIL in terms of health, rich Americans are no better off than poor Britons.

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x6Bgo TIL: On November 12th, 1970, The Bhola Cyclone hit the country of Bangladesh and killed over half a million people in one day. Millions more died in the aftermath of the storm, including a famine, a genocide, and a war that was close to nuclear Armageddon.
RnP1 TIL in the final weeks of WWII, Allied torpedo bombers attacked two large German ships even though both ships were flying several large white flags. Nearly all of the 7,000 concentration camp refuges aboard these ships were killed.
BrgyW TIL The Vatican broadcast its public approval of Pokémon in April 2001 after Christian groups argued that it promoted Satanic themes.
x61Eb TIL that the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer was so unstable, it was virtually uncontrollable by anybody besides the brothers, who had trained on their 1902 glider.
vP8ZD TIL Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II once mandated that all burials be performed with "economy coffins". These contained trapdoors that would drop the body into the grave, after which they would be reused. The unpopular mandate was reversed after six months.