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TIL there are “cancer villages” in China, where residents are hundreds of times more susceptible to cancer due to pollution.

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MeZJA TIL the politicization of science likely led to the famine deaths of millions in the USSR and China
oR5Lr TIL in the 1960s, Swiss rivers were filthy and unsafe. A 1963 typhoid outbreak in Zermatt killed 3 and sickened over 450. A 1967 initiative led to a 1971 law on wastewater treatment. By 2005, 97% had sewage access.
GYr9E TIL that in 2008, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, refused to give his assent to a euthanasia bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies. In response, the Chamber amended the constitution so that bills no longer require the Duke's assent, rendering the Duke symbolic.
EgYdV TIL a Belgian woman was convicted of murder via cutting the parachute cords of a fellow amateur skydiver before a jump; the victim was her rival for another skydiver's affection.
rRYjy TIL broccoli is man made. Even though it was made over 2000 years ago. By farmers breeding different types of cabbage