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l7v91 TIL of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Her research showed that children in the city of Flint, Michigan had elevated levels of lead in their blood due to the contaminated water supply
J1g4V TIL In Breton it was said that the last person to die in the village before midnight of the New Year would be the guardian of the graveyard and Grim Reaper Ankou for the next year
6y7m TIL that in 2005, despite producing only 1/50th the number of cars as Volkswagen, Porsche attempted to buy VW on the open market. It rapidly amassed 74% of the outstanding shares of its larger German counterpart before running out of money and ultimately being purchased itself by none other than VW.
DJPv TIL that the Korean Demilitarized Zone has seen so little human activity, that several critically endangered species survive there.
WdDB TIL of a bank heist in which the robbers got away with $30 million cash, and carefully covered their tracks by wiping down everything down in their townhouse before they left; however they forgot to start the dishwasher and so their fingerprints were found on dirty dishes.