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TIL That a carbon dioxide bubble in Lake Nyos killed 1,800 people, including livestock and flies. ‘“There were no flies on the dead”; the flies were dead too.’

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E1p1o TIL that a man with a low IQ of 48 was banned from having sex, the High Court Justice Nicholas Mostyn said that Alan did not have the mental capacity to understand the health risks and should not have sex with anyone.
wM98 TIL: Post 9/11, every major US airline that exists today declared bankruptcy.
oPY7 TIL JFK Warned About Secret Societies and the Danger of the Media Reporting On Trivial Matters for Entertainment Instead of News
W7YNX TIL Ketchup has to be a certain weight to be considered “Fancy”.
xjvk TIL a jail in Brazil allows its inmates to pedal exercise bikes to power lights in a nearby town in exchange for reduced sentences