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TIL a month long quarantine for postpartum Chinese mothers is a booming industry

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R5lQj TIL that a lot of Latin American flags look similar because they based their color scheme proposed by Goethe, who derived it from his work rebuking (incorrectly) Newton's laws of optics
PYJZV TIL: Thirty-five people died when the bridge over Tampa Bay that joined St. Petersburg and Bradenton in Florida collapsed after it was hit by a cargo ship at 7:33 a.m. May 9, 1980
woZvM TIL Fireflies produce light in special organs in their abdomens by combining a chemical called luciferin, enzymes called luciferases, oxygen and the fuel for cellular work, ATP. Entomologists think they control their flashing by regulating how much oxygen goes to their light-producing organs.
yQbLl TIL: a Ha Ha Wall is a recessed wall that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond.
598D TIL During Bruce Lee’s second autopsy, his doctor tried to attribute his cause of death to Cannabis