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TIL there are still polio patients in iron lungs

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Y7ZWG TIL that Alexei Nikolaevich, son of the last Russian tsar and heir to the throne, had a severe case of hemophilia inherited from his mother, which in turn she had acquired through the line of her maternal grandmother Victoria of the United Kingdom.
WkYa9 TIL Bulgaria has a traditional “bridal market” where girls as young as 13 meet and are sold to husbands
1akyV TIL Using headphones for listening to a level like 85 decibels is generally safe for eight hours. A level of 94, 95 decibels will cause potential damages to hearing
Obba TIL that in order to transmit radio signals to submerged submarines, one technique is to place electrodes in the ground many miles apart, using the earth’s core as a giant antenna.
VMYlm TIL- Rapper T.I. not once, but twice has successfully intervened and talked someone down while they were mid suicide attempt.