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TIL Iran punishes acid-attackers by blinding them with acid.

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78BXO TIL that a local guide in Odessa, Ukraine has started breeding fish in the compact underground pool of the city’s catacombs.
7RX TIL Baseball and Cricket are the only major sports where the defense has the ball
OWXL TIL “Meals on Wheels People,” a Portland, Ore.-based service and one of the largest in the country, says it costs $2,500 annually to provide daily meals to a homebound senior, while cost of institutional care for a year in Oregon is around $60,000. Cost for one day in the hospital is around $2,271.
RVAQ TIL The founder of “5-Hour-Energy”, Manoj Bhargava, is the richest Indian man in the U.S. and gives 90% of his earnings to charity.
Y7MaB TIL that the Simpsons is not the longest running cartoon of all time. That a Looney Tunes spin-off called “The Bugs Bunny Show” currently beats the Simpsons by 6 years. This show ran for 40 years from 1960-2000. While The Simpsons is currently running at 34 years. (1989-present)