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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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9YgxG TIL that Robert Rodriguez's sons are named Racer,Rebel and Rocket
6bvX TIL: Former French President Jacques Chirac once said Iraq War would create, “A large number of little Bin Ladens.”
8jeb TIL that during a battle of the Korean War, a mortar section was running out of mortar rounds. Instead of ordering more rounds, they accidentally ordered hundreds of crates of Tootsie Rolls, having not specified that “tootsie rolls” was a slang term for mortar rounds.
YpOJB TIL while different regions all use their own electrical plug type, the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) released a universal standard - Type N - in 1986 which they hoped would be adopted worldwide. So far, only Brazil adopted the standard.
YaZv TIL there is an astronomical “stone circle” in Australia which may be older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.