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TIL that the Chinese economic reform was traced to an agreement of farmers in a small village in Eastern China

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4Xyng TIL About Ulrich Horstmann a scholar who Argued humanity should use nuclear weapons in order to bring forth the extinction of the human race.
gr6AW TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.
Wkr1Y TIL that "dietary supplements" in the United States don't need to pass any safety inspections or testing. Manufacturers don't have to prove their products are safe, or even effective, and the FDA can only remove an unsafe product after someone gets sick, dies, or files an "adverse event" report.
4Jka TIL A Swedish study found that heart attacks were more common the first three weekdays after the spring transition into Daylight Savings Time
VMpwB TIL A single cleaner wrasse fish works removing bloodsucking parasites from up to 2,000 client fish per day. They sometimes cheat their clients by taking illicit bites of the protective mucus covering their skin. If a client gets upset, they try to make amends by offering a complementary fin massage