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TIL there are no records of a panda having killed a human.
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TIL Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell”
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TIL that the really innocent-sounding German 1980's song "99 luftballons" or "99 red balloons" is actually about two kids accidentally causing a nuclear holocaust by releasing 99 red balloons.
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TIL in the 1960s, Swiss rivers were filthy and unsafe. A 1963 typhoid outbreak in Zermatt killed 3 and sickened over 450. A 1967 initiative led to a 1971 law on wastewater treatment. By 2005, 97% had sewage access.
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TIL Al Green who originally made Take Me To The River got more royalties from the Big Mouth Billy Bass fish than from any other recordings of the song.
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TIL Most airports in the U.S. have incinerators that burn most of their waste and garbage. This includes burning roadkill, such as deer, that die on airport property.