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TIL: That 80% of strokes are preventable.

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kOQPd TIL Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X, was killed by her own twelve-year-old grandson in 1997. Wanting to return to his mother, who was in treatment as part of a plea agreement for plotting to kill Louis Farrakhan, he set his grandmother's apartment on fire. She died weeks later of her injuries.
N7KdM TIL the great smog of London in 1952 was so bad that pedestrians couldn't even see their feet. Some of the 4,000 who died in the 5 days it lasted didn't suffer lung problems – they fell into the Thames and drowned because they could not see the river
m105o TIL that Mary Shelley, author of the foundational science fiction work "Frankenstein", was also the daughter of legendary women's rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft.
m1wDo TIL about the Maritime response following the September 11 attacks, which was the largest sea evacuation in world history. Rescuing 500,000 people in 9 hours
yV97X TIL that the top predator of Madagascar is not a cat but the Fossa a carnivore whose ankles rotate up to 180°, letting it climb down trees headfirst and move through the canopy like a primate.