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TIL that life expectancy at birth probably averaged only about 10 years for most of human history

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LQ11p TIL about 2,4-DNP, a chemical that was used, among other things, to make black dye. 3 workers died during the 1890s after accidentally ingesting it. It dissipates energy from food in the body as heat, making people rapidly lose body fat and die from an excessive rise in body temperature.
Z8NMR TIL the united states staged a WWII campaign in Tokyo which involved firebombing highly populated areas in order to pressure Japan into surrender. The death toll was greater than that of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. The attacks are considered the most deadly bombing attacks in history.
ep5DD TIL that in 2013, the first known Tinder match in Antarctica happened when two researchers—one at McMurdo Station and another camping in the Dry Valleys—swiped right on each other. They were about a 45-minute helicopter ride apart.
gpWX TIL that 17-year-old California teen, Max Wade, stole Guy Fieri’s $200,000 Lamborghini from a San Francisco car dealership by rappelling down from the roof and driving out the front door.
O6x4 TIL Collecting rainwatter is illegal in many US states