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TIL all people convicted in the 1984 Bhopal MIC Gas disaster, which killed 3,000 people and injured over 500,000, got a total fine of $2,000

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kOD14 TIL about the existence of a psychosomatic/hysteria condition called PPS, where it is believed that if a horny dog bites you, you will get pregnant and you will give birth to the puppies from your penis
vOpD TIL USA ranks 2nd in child poverty. According to UNICEF, 23.1% of American children under the age of seventeen live in poverty.
x6EAo TIL that fabric from the original 1903 Wright Flyer has orbited the Earth, landed on the Moon, and flown on Mars.
xVMW7 TIL Ulysses S. Grant invested his own money in his son's firm, but it was not enough to save the firm from failure. Essentially penniless, but compelled by a sense of personal honor, Grant repaid Vanderbilt with his Civil War mementos. The matter left Grant financially destitute.
Ppan TIL that the reason for hilarious Mandarin-English mistranslations (specifically in grocery stores) is because the first variation of the syllable pronounced “GAN” means “dry”, but the fourth variation translates to “fuck”.