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TIL that in two days in the Chernobyl zone the human body receives a radiation dose equal to one intercontinental flight

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NYdE TIL July 2nd is the exact middle of a non leap year, 182 days both before and after today.
GKY5 TIL that 95% of the world’s financial transactions is speculation.
jNn1R TIL 98% of Latinos in USA do not like to identify themselves with Latinx label. Hispanic and Latino are still preferred terms
VMPJp TIL during the Korean War, American and Greek soldiers at Outpost Harry defended against multiple Chinese assaults of far greater numbers. At times being outnumbered 30:1, massive artillery bombardments and intense hand-to-hand fighting were daily occurrences. The Chinese failed to take the outpost.
YKlr TIL that Confucius’s family has the longest recorded extant pedigree in the world with 83 generations and two million registered descendants.