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TIL that 96 workers died while constructing the Hoover Dam from 1931-1935

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EbPd TIL 10 000 Containers Fall Off Ships Every Year, That’s more one an hour.
8eJrX TIL In July 2018, Russian scientists collected and analyzed 300 prehistoric worms from the permafrost and thawed them. Two of the ancient worms were revived and started moving and eating. One is dated at 32,000 years old, and the other is 41,700 years old.
M7P8V TIL the current British Royal Family’s lineage can be traced back only to the Norman Invasion of William the Conquerer, not Alfred the Great, the first King of England
N7WGN Today I Learned that there will be a Red Nova in our skies in 2022. This will be the first Nova we can see with the naked eye in decades.
lomnN TIL that Nike used sweatshops to make their shoes. They only played $1.25 per day to factory workers and used child labor.