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TIL ‘WhatsApp’ takes down 250,000 accounts every month suspected of spreading child sex abuse material, based on the names of groups and profile pictures

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OomV7 TIL that suppressing a sneeze can damage your eardrum or damage your blood vessel in your brain. It can at times even lead to death.
jWGa TIL Papercuts hurt so much because they often do not bleed, which leaves your skin’s pain receptors open to the air.
yMV8 TIL In 1994 there was a rash of UFO sightings and confirmation of abnormal activity by National Weather Service Radar in West Michigan.
b69Bp TIL in 1944, countries agreed with the US to settle their international accounts in dollars to have gold converted at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce. In 1971, President Nixon announced the US would no longer do it, thus completely abandoning the gold standard. This was known as the 'Nixon Shock'.
e0NZD TIL about the Meno’s Paradox, also known as the Paradox of Inquiry. The gist of this paradox is that inquiry is either unnecessary or impossible, based on whether you know the certain fact or you don’t respectively.