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TIL Palau became the first country in the world to ban sunscreen that is harmful to sea life and corals.

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Ljmd TIL flamethrowers are totally legal in 48 states, except for Maryland where it’s against fire code and California where you just need a license
ol4W TIL 80% of white tigers will die of birth defects as a result of inbreeding.
Z8dNa TIL that "Dak Runners" of old Bengal used to carry mails running at intervals of eight miles. They had to face all sorts of risks, hazards and hardships in carrying mails through jungles, hills and deserts
8aZWG TIL about the 71 teenage students, who were stationed to protect a South Korean HQ, despite having no experience in war or even firing a gun. The SK army didn’t think the NK army would attack that HQ, but they did. Those students, still in their school uniforms, held back the NK army for 11 hours.
xA41 TIL human life expectancy has increased more in the last 50 years than in the previous 200,000 years of human existence.