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TIL that in early 1900s German kids used to die from diarrhea until a doctor invented carrot stew which saved thousands of lives

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gM6AD TIL of Steve Hodel, an LA homicide detective who believes his deceased father killed the Black Dahlia, after finding a picture of him with Elizabeth Short. He later discovered his father had been one of the prime suspects at the time of the murder.
9Y6L7 TIL there is a guinness world record for "greatest robbery of a goverement" ,currently held by the dictator of the Philippines F.Marcos and his wife Imelda. It is estimated that they have embezelled up to 10 billion USD of which only 860 million have been recovered
6KKl TIL there is a 42% decrease in air quality throughout the US on 4th July as a result of firework displays
OovEa TIL In Titanic, director James Cameron was the one who drew the charcoal drawing of Rose. Since he's left-handed and DiCaprio is a righty, the close-up drawing footage was flipped in post to make the artist right-handed.
BgvVd TIL Brothers Grimm didn't write "Red Riding Hood", "Snow White" or "Sleeping Beauty" - they just collected the folk tales