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TIL for every person alive today, only 15 people have died through all of human history.

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N75kQ TIL: That anesthesiologists, neuroscientists and researchers dont really know how anesthesia works.
loPbr TIL that Hugh Thompson Jr. ordered his own crew to fire upon friendly soldiers if they wouldn’t stop shooting civilians in the My Lai Massacre.
Z8a6Q TIL 61% of men and 48% of women partake in sexting and suggestive photo taking with their cellphones.
w6y7 TIL Maleo lay their eggs underground near active volcanoes. Some say it’s a demon bird that escaped the fiery pits of hell itself.It even has a horn on its head and its chicks can fly the second they hatch from their eggs.
75mx TIL that the United States ranks last in intergenerational justice. The US has an exceedingly high rate of child poverty and debt compared to other countries, while achieving low rates of senior poverty and debt at the expense of the young. [PDF Warning]