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TIL that half of all human deaths from the beginning of time can be attributed to malaria

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PYjmL TIL in 1965 CIA tried placing a nuclear powered sensing device atop Mt.Nanda Devi in India, to spy on Chinese nuclear testing, only to loose it within an year and it hasn't been recovered yet. Couple of years later the device was placed atop Mt. Nanda Kot instead.
4Xymb TIL That law enforcement officers in many states have their own additional bill of rights
4X8Ya TIL that there’s a scientist who won both Nobel and Ignobel prizes. Latter for levitating frogs, former for creation of graphene.
5Ybap TIL In modern music sales, the "Album-Equivalent Unit" is used to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of 1 album copy. In the United States, 1,250 premium audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 3,750 video streams are equal to 1 album unit.
5Yg8Q TIL the U.S has more Spanish speakers than Spain.