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TIL China invested $350 million in a new four-lane bridge crossing the Yalu River from Dandong to the North Korean city of Sinuiju. Dandong wants more trade and investment with North Korea, seeing the benefits if the North grows economically and correspondingly consumes Chinese products

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NXxmM TIL more people died taking selfies (379) than from shark attacks (90) between 2008-2021.
wLoZo The numbers tell the story: Of the 648 people killed by lightning in the U.S. from 1995 to 2008, 82 percent were male. And as much as we were hoping to uncover a biological cause—extra iron in the male cranium, perhaps, or the conductive properties of testosterone—it turns out men are... just kind of stupid. “Men take more risks in lightning storms,” says John Jensenius, a lightning safety expert with the National Weather Service.
QJvmL TIL that the youngest son of Benito Mussolini (Italian Dictator) is a Jazz Musician
yQDgX TIL that it’s 11:00AM in Mumbai when it’s 12:30AM in Houston.
4m9X TIL: In Osama Bin-Laden’s 2002 letter to America, the first reason he states he attacked us, is our actions in Israel and Palestine.