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TIL 8.5 million people died because of the first world war
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TIL that out at sea, a tsunami is only about a metre high, and could pass a boat without being noticed. As it approaches the shore, it’s the sudden deceleration from about 800km/h to 50km/h which creates the immense wave
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TIL: American cigarette brands add sugar in cigarettes to increase the appeal and addictive potential of smoking, which also ends up increasing toxicity and cancer risk.
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TIL. In the early 70’s Germany lifted the restriction on Haircuts in the army, It lasted only a year or so. Photos.
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TIL that the radioactive noble gas, Radon, is present in the soil and in the water. While flowing upward, it accumulates in our homes, since they trap it inside. It is estimated to cause 21000 death annually.
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TIL Haiti and Liechtenstein unknowingly had the same flag until they first met at the 1936 Olympics, this led to the addition of a crown to the the flag of Liechtenstein in 1937.