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D19Jp TIL that the United States hosts more migrants than the next four countries combined.
5WR9 TIL That Steve Irwin was offered a state funeral following his death, however his dad rejected the government’s offer citing that Steve would have wanted to have been remembered as “an ordinary bloke”.
X7Lr TIL that women born in South Africa are more likely to be raped than to learn how to read.
D1nKg TIL that the NYC government intentionally cheated on lead tests in public schools, leading to false passing grades and allowing millions of children to drink water laced with lead and heavy metals for years and years (they continue to drink contaminated water to this day).
KVo9 TIL during the Cold War, students at Stuyvesant High School built a particle accelerator in their school’s basement. However, when they powered it on, it “tanked the electrical system for the building and surrounding area.” > $10,000 were spent on the machine, but no one knows what happened to it.