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TIL ~80% of shrimp consumed in the US is imported from Asia are raised in raw sewage water. The shrimp are pumped full of anti-fungal and anti-biotics to “keep them healthy.” These toxins can cause long term health problems over time.

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W1K4 TIL that US military suicides surpassed combat deaths in 2012
nbLW TIL that in 1938 China’s Nationalist government ordered the opening of dikes on the Yellow River to create a flood and slow the Japanese advance to Wuhan. While the advance was delayed, the flood also caused around 500,000 to 900,000 Chinese civilian deaths.
5Yk9D TIL that there were plans to have Hugh Jackman's Wolverine cameo in the original Spider-Man film. Once he was available to film, nobody could find his costume, so they cancelled it.
VM8Bp TIL in 1981 the body of a man was discovered by a church in St bees, England. He was wrapped in a lead sheet so his nails and stomach contents were nearly perfectly preserved, his skin was pinkish and liquid blood was found in his chest. He was A.De Lucy, a knight who died in the crusades in 1333
7rR4Z TIL following a 2016 fatal shooting of a man aboard one of their trains, BART admitted 77 percent of train cameras were fake or didn’t work