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TIL that more people died building German V-2 Rockets than were actually killed by them

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mKNx TIL of Namibia, one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, whose constitution preserves the health of its ecosystem. It has the largest Cheetah population in the world.
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4Xpew TIL the king cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah) is technically not a cobra (doesn't belong to the Naja genus). It's called the king cobra because it kills and eats other cobras.
VMl5Q TIL that due to Bengal famine in 1770 almost 10 million people died in Bengal in 4 years eliminating 1/3rd of the population. This led to huge reduction in land Revenues of the East India Company which then influenced British to pass Tea act to reduce its troubles which led to Boston Tea Party.
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