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TIL 15 years later, nearly 40,000 people have health conditions related to exposed toxins from 9/11

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KpPG TIL Bangladesh has more total English speakers than Canada and that Nigeria has more total English speakers than in the UK.
b644Q TIL that according to the Cleveland Clinic if you want to remember the correct rate of compressions while performing CPR on an unconscious person, you can follow the beats of songs such as Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" or "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira - i.e. 100 to 120 times per minute.
JYj71 TIL many African-Americans have Irish surnames (e.g. Shaquille O'Neal) because Irish and Blacks lived side by side in the ghettos of 19th century America.
m6yp TIL that 64% of people bite the head off the gingerbread before eating the rest of it.
ewNE TIL there is a New York graffiti artist that replicates Banksy artworks while adding Tom Hanks face to everything- Calling him/herself “Hanksy”