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TIL 84% of American vegetarians return to eating meat

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gnND TIL that the Nagasaki nuclear bomb was worth $25b (Today’s money). At 70k death toll, that’s one third of a million dollars per death.
eoMb TIL that most new cars have a safety feature that will automatically unlock all doors and have the hazards turn on after an accident. They also cut the main battery connection and the fuel pump relay, to prevent electrical fire and keep running emergency equipments.
1674V TIL: England Holds World's First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul's Cathedral in London
xNQk TIL Patagonia is the only company in the outdoor industry to ethically source their down, auditing the entire process from egg to adult goose
oBb6r TIL the first reported successful blood transfusions were performed by the Incas as early as the 1500s. Spanish conquistadors witnessed blood transfusions when they arrived in the sixteenth century