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TIL that marble countertops are radioactive and can emit radon gas

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5VXdk TIL that, according to the CDC, the job fields with the highest suicide rate per 100,000 people for men is Construction and Extraction (53.2) while for women it’s Art, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media (15.6)
KYpM9 TIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight. A serving of plumped chicken can contain between 200 and 500mg of sodium while non-plumped chicken generally contains 45 to 70mg.
o0MY TIL that in the 19th century China came extremely close to being ruled by the leader of a Christian cult who believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ. It took the deadliest civil war in history with 30 million dead to defeat him.
kypB TIL due to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, the Nobel Committee refused to give the Nobel Peace Prize that year because there was “no suitable living candidate.” The Prize cannot be given to deceased candidates. That way Gandhi’s place on the list was silently but respectfully left open.
J1gYk TIL The Geneva Convention allows belligerents to take patients of hospital ships as prisoners of war, but not the staff