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TIL more Americans died per year in the Korean War than the Vietnam War

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eRAD TIL: After the Chernobyl disaster, the soviets held a “May Day” parade to calm the public. The parade was exposed to deadly levels of radiation and all records of the event soon disappeared from the National Archives. The organizer committed suicide.
GAl54 TIL: In 2002, Kenya formally donated 14 cows to the US as a way to show compassion to them after the 9/11 tragedy.
wokOW TIL about the Loa Loa or eye worm due to worms occasionally migrating into the eye causing discomfort and anxiety
0wbZL TIL that hydrogen exists as a metal on other planets
4X04w TIL that saying dark horse that describes unexpected winner is based on English prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's book "The Young Duke : A Moral Tale Though Gay" where mysterious dark horse wins the race against all odds