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TIL China recorded the second highest death toll during WWII, totaling 14 million casualties

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Jp0B TIL an Australian doctor named Dr Jack Barnes stung himself, his nine year old son, and a local lifeguard with the Irukandji jellyfish to prove it was the then-unknown cause of Irukandji Syndrome. All three developed the syndrome, and the jellyfish was named Carukia barnesi after him.
OovKg TIL during the 19th century, a Muslim caliphate in West Africa called Sokoto enslaved 1-2.5 million people
XE6eX TIL an Atlanta vegan couple was sentenced to life in prison for the death of their six-week-old malnourished baby boy starved to death, who was fed a limited diet of soy milk and apple juice.
Oopw7 Today I learned that Jeffrey Jones (the Principal in Ferris Bueller) is an actor/convicted sex offender
KOkPa TIL collecting recycling is more than twice as dangerous as being a cop in the US