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TIL that air pollution in China causes 17% of all deaths in china

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Y777d TIL that the United States Postal Service will allow you to ship bees and scorpions, but not dogs or cats
5Ga9 TIL a Pan-Am flight crashed in the Syrian desert, killing fourteen passengers. Two crew survived - one of the two was the co-pilot, named Gene Roddenberry. He was so disturbed by the crash that he quit to become a writer, and shortly after he created Star Trek.
oBdrE TIL that while Drew Struzan is famous for his movie posters, he also designed album cover artwork for many artists including The Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, Black Sabbath, Glenn Miller, Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper, Bach, Earth, Wind and Fire and Liberace.
PMgg TIL that more people fatally overdose on prescription drugs than on street drugs
6Evb7 TIL that since the release of Uber in 2011, DUI related carwrecks have gone down by 25-35%.