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TIL Dogs kill 25x more people each year than crocodiles do

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J1B04 TIL about the Namamugi Incident, a 1862 diplomatic crisis that occurred when a British merchant refused to dismount for a Japanese daimyō's procession and was killed by his bodyguards, sparking the brief Anglo-Satsuma War.
YBRx TIL E. Frenkel, a Russian Psychic claimed he could stop a train with his psychic powers. So, he stepped in front of a freight train. It didn’t work.
JMXV TIL that a Canadian politician, late to his own dinner party, may have inadvertently initiated the fall of the USSR.
9wpEQ TIL India faces 50 year cycles of rat floods. The cycle is driven by the flowering cycle of bamboo that produces excesses of seeds that increase the rat population. The last mautam (Melocanna baccifera driven event) occured 2007-8 and the next thingtam (Bambusa tulda driven) is to occur in 2025-6.
vPDxK TIL that in South Korea, there’s a “theme park” where visitors can experience a full zombie apocalypse simulation, complete with actors, makeup, and immersive scares.