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XLaX TIL that an asthmatic boy died in a severe asthma attack because the school forbid asthma inhalers; while the boy was dying, the inhalers sat in a safe at the principal’s office.
kOvDB TIL Concerned about the number of cobras in Delhi, British colonial officials created a bounty, only to discover secret cobra farms created to collect the bounty. When the officials shut down the program the farms released their snakes, meaning they had far more cobras than before they started.
Yp68G TIL The aluminum can industry saves 90 million kg a year by making the top 6mm smaller.
lo045 TIL Tanzania auctions off Hippo Teeth 'Ivory' allegedly to collect money to fund conservation efforts for the said animal
9k9p TIL Nicole Kidman and Michelle Phiefer both bet Georg Clooney $10,000 that he would have kids by age 40. Staying childless they sent him the money which he returned, replying double or nothing by age 50.