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yQP1a TIL - There have been about 106 billion different human beings to exist on Earth. Making the current population about 6% of all humans to ever be born.
WkXrd TIL about Nyepi, Balinese day of silence, fasting and meditation when no one except emergency services is allowed to go outside, and the only airport in Bali remains closed for the entire day
MeKga TIL of Action park, a New Jersey theme park that was known to have so many accidents in the 1980s, 5-10 victims on the busiest days, that park authority bought the nearby town of Vernon extra ambulances to keep up with the number of injured. At least 6 people died there.
7evx TIL The very high cost of Diamonds and the public perception as a symbol of romance, was a manufactured phenomenon to create profit for a conspiracy of diamond mining organisations
VBgv0 TIL that African elephants can distinguish between human languages and can avoid those considered a threat