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TIL Students from UNIS University spend their first days learning how to use a rifle to defend themselves against bears

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5P68 TIL in 1952 due to unsual weather patterns, a large amount of smog from nearby Coal plants collected over London for a series of 4 days, killing an estimated 12,000 people
mxx7R Consequently, the settlers would end up on a vegan diet, more or less.
QJded TIL The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.
x6oy0 TIL I learned that Mussolini loved to eat bowls of raw garlic, to the point his wife couldn’t sleep next to him at night
VMl44 TIL that for years, scientists didn't know what caused mysterious cave networks in South America. In 2010, they learned that the caves were actually tunnels dug by ancient giant sloths.