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TIL A 93 year old man froze to death in his home after the power company shut off his electricity because he couldn’t pay his bills

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DQeKj TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre.
8a9WZ TIL that in an experiment done on mice with Alzheimer's, exposing them to lights flickering at 40hz for an hour, reduced the beta-amyloid plaques in their brains by 50%.
Zj5D TIL ants herd and domesticate aphids, including ‘milking’ them for honeydew nectar, moving them to sweeter plants, and protecting them from ladybugs.
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