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TIL A Russian family survived 40 years in the Siberian wilderness cut off from all human contact, unaware of WWII

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8eXya TIL it wasn't until 1969 that all 50 states had female jurors
xA61 TIL the rat poison/life saving human medication Coumadin was discovered after cows were observed eating clover and then bleeding to death.
16npd TIL - what it’s like behind the scenes of the UK’s largest timber importer and processor. With over 90acres of land, the site has more than 70,000 m3 of timber on site.
1avX TIL, according to the director, that the unopened package in Cast Away contained a working solar-powered and waterproof satellite phone.
Jeej TIL in ‘92, a ship from China lost 29,000 rubber ducks in the Pacific Ocean. After some washed ashore in Alaska, oceanographers started tracking their progress to learn about ocean currents. Ducks were found in Asia, Australia, the Americas, even Europe. Some were frozen in the Arctic for 15 years.