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TIL that most malaria nets are used exactly as intended, and charities that distribute them save lives much more cost-effectively than others that address issues like other diseases or hunger

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pYe1Z TIL: Venus and Serena Williams were brought up as Jehovah's Witnesses
1joW TIL Charles Darwin married his first cousin with whom he had ten children. Three died as infants and three were infertile. He was the first to raise the question if incest may cause weaknesses in offspring after studying inbred plants in his garden.
v1mmD Today I learned head on train collisions were staged for entertainment in the early 1900’s.
Eb77 TIL a 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex was bought for $1.5 million by a New York businessman
d8k6Q TIL In 2013, while walking their dog in their back yard, a married couple came across several rusty buckets sticking out of their land. The buckets were full of gold coins minted from 1847 to 1894. The total value of all the coins was about $11 million.