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TIL That Magpies hold funerals for their dead

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wLdEM TIL that tetanus is one of the few infectious diseases where recovery doesn't confer immunity. This is because tetanospasmin, the toxin which causes tetanus, is so lethal that death would occur before an immune response would occur
MeQm TIL Average teacher salary in Switzerland in 2010 was $112000 per year
g0my TIL that the Pyramids of Giza were more ancient to the ancient Romans, than Rome is ancient to us.
P1ZRV TIL that after admitting responsibility for over 12,000 deaths in the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, Kang Kek Iew aka Comrade Duch asked the war crimes tribunal to acquit and release him. They did not.
gM94y TIL Sales of packaged or processed foods are declining. Many Americans are turning away from foods whose ingredients aren’t “fresh” or “natural.” There is a mounting distrust of so-called “Big Food”, the large food companies and legacy brands that millions of consumers have relied on for so long.