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TIL More children are killed by dirty water than by war, malaria, HIV/AIDS and traffic accidents combined.

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1XVD TIL Kim Jong-il only ever publicly addressed the North Korean people once, in 1992 he said during a military parade “Glory to the officers and soldiers of the heroic Korean People’s Army!.” He never made another public speech again.
9JlB TIL that three bodies were found in a storage room on the USS West Virginia when she was re-floated after Pearl Harbor. A calendar kept by the men indicated that they had survived for over two weeks after the attack. [Repost]
oEBK TIL 1 in 2000 women have a double uterus (uterus didelphys) and it is possible to get pregnant with both simultaneously and give birth to twins. A double uterus is normal for cats and dogs but not primates.
Bgebb TIL that in 1844, Royal Navy Lt Peter Halkett paddled 15km on the Thames in his boat-cloak, steering with a walking stick and sailing with an umbrella and narrowly dodging steamers; the Admiralty called it “extremely clever and ingenious, but not for general use".
1AxD TIL Vaselina is the Mexican title for the movie Grease