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TIL One in Every Ten Children In Sudan Die Before Their Fifth Birthday

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N7WdJ TIL of Rosalind Franklin, a X-ray crystallographer whose discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA went uncredited for years is now beginning to finally get her due credit.
Oo5xa TIL that adult cats will meow at humans as cats don't meow at other cats. They have different ways of communicates to other cats verses humans.
r6Wd TIL in 1942 the Canadians and British Navy launched a practice invasion of France, the Dieppe raid, they lost 20% killed, 10% wounded, 30% captured. The lessons learned in that disaster lead to D-Days success.
W4EB TIL of the Hague Invasion Act, that allows the US to use military force to free any US citizen held by the International Criminal Court
8kAa TIL the tv show “How It’s Made” has covered the manufacturing process for over 1200 different various items since 2001.