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TIL: A Chinese farmer studied law for 16 years’ to defeat a corporation dumping hazardous chemical waste near his land

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ADKad TIL a 2014 study found that you could increase the survival rate of a patient suffering with ARDS by 26% (The condition responsible for killing patients with Coronavirus) by simply having them lay on their stomach for 16-18hr a day while on ventilation.
ea8n TIL that due to the decline of bees forces apple farmers in China to pollinate every blossom by hand using paintbrushes
d8Mxj TIL that according to Fermi estimation, the average person meets 10.76 murderers in their lives
Y7gOZ TIL baby manta rays are born like little burritos, with their fins wrapped around their bodies.
rRAQ0 TIL of the Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin that killed 13 people in 1875. None perished as a result of smoke inhalation or burns. All victims died of alcohol poisoning by drinking the whiskey flowing through the streets.