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TIL that in South Korea many people believe that sleeping in a closed room with a fan on will kill you

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NRVN TIL: In 1856, American politician, Preston Brooks (D), beat Senator Charles Sumner ® with a cane on the floor of the United States Senate in retaliation for an anti-slavery speech. He resigned his seat later in the year, only to be reelected to the same position left vacant by his resignation.
wL6DJ TIL that food companies learned from the 1990 Perrier Water debacle how not to do a recall after discovering product contamination.
mx4wY TIL that in 1989 around 2 million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania held hands in peaceful protest against the Soviet Union, creating a chain of people that was 600 km long. Known as the Baltic Chain, it sparked demonstrations overseas and forced the USSR to acknowledge its crimes.
LQ7Rd TIL the first stable marine aquarium was invented by British marine biologist & zoologist, Lady Anna Thynne built the first stable and sustained marine aquarium in 1846
QQLM TIL two million citizens of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia held hands in 1989, forming a 600 km (370 mi) human chain to protest against Soviet occupation. The Soviet Union threatened “catastrophic consequences”, but ended up peacefully giving the states their freedom.