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TIL Firms illegally dumped nuclear waste off Somalia coast, brought to the coast by a Tsunami, causing radiation sickness to the local villagers in 2005

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4n6 TIL: One tiger killed 436 people.
W7weY TIL if conditions are met, the fat of a decaying human body can turn into a soap like substance, mummifying it. In Germany some graves are so prone to it, they have burial chambers, and special soil to prevent the saponification process.
jEOQ TIL in 2005, an 8-yr old boy’s 14-yr old female babysitter initiated sexual contact with him and the district attorney filed charges against the child boy, not the teenage girl.
YprB7 TIL In April 2015, Dan Price announced that over the next three years, his company would raise the pay of all employees to at least $70,000 per year, stating this was the minimum needed to secure them from financial hardship when hit by unexpected expenses.
W7eDN TIL of the World calendar, a proposed reform of the Gregorian system that keeps the calendar more in sync with the seasons. It is 364 days long, divided into quarters (91 days each), with an extra day (Worldsday) at the end of the year, and a leap day (Leapyear Day) added every four years.