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TIL that indoor air pollution kills more people than AIDS and malaria combined.

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QJwYM TIL a 300' fire tornado ravaged an area in Japan during a earthquake in 1923.
nYMY TIL the scientific adviser to the 2014 film Interstellar spent two weeks talking Christopher Nolan out of having a character travelling faster than the speed of light, as it defies the laws of physics
J1jvV TIL The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the World or simply the Seven Wonders, is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity. The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2nd–1st century BC.
wLeGP TIL The Salem witch trials lasted less than 2 years, February 1692 and May 1693, and occurred 55 years after Harvard was founded in 1636. Cotton Mather was denied the presidency of Harvard for his involvement in the witch trials.
yKKa TIL ancient Egyptian women put crocodile poop in their vaginas.