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TIL 5 Of The 10 Deadliest Wars in World History Began In China

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oRNj7 TIL Vulture Bees exist, a type of bee that feeds on carrion
XElGj TIL The City of Omaha Nebraska is heavily contaminated by lead, due to a factory that spewed contaminated lead into the air. The EPA found more than 40,000 contaminated sites across the city, and children have elevated blood levels of lead.
GY7v4 TIL that 60% of all selfie related deaths between 2014 and 2016 happened in India.
E1Gap TIL that the first Apple logo isn’t what you would think. Originally, it featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree, with an apple about to fall on his head. which read “Newton…A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought…alone”.
5JZR TIL Pres Nixon invited Johnny Cash to perform 2 songs at the White House that deride hippy culture & welfare queens. Cash accepted the invite but instead played “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” (a mistreated Native American WWII vet), “What Is Truth” (pro-hippy), & “Man in Black” (anti-income inequality)