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TIL that taking into account all the conflict related deaths since 2007, the Arab-Israeli conflict has had less than 55,000 deaths from all sides combined since 1950. Making it one of the longest and least deadliest ongoing conflicts in human history.

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wLB7J TIL Victoria Gillick ran a campaign in the UK to ban contraceptives to under 16s. Her loss in court created the Gillick competence named after her, which gave under 16s more medical rights to consent to medical treatment if they understood the doctors recommendations
78W57 TIL Australia has slightly more land mass than the contiguous United States. Five of the six mainland states are each bigger than Texas. Just Victoria, containing the 2nd largest city Melbourne, is smaller.
vPXAx TIL that the official multi-nation search for the doomed MH 370 aircraft was the largest and most expensive aviation search in history. 19 vessels and 345 aircraft sorties combed 4.6 million square kilometers of the Southern Indian Ocean for an approximated cost of US$155 million.
X0BPE TIL not all placentas are disc-shaped like ours. Diffuse placentas are spread throughout the placenta (ex: horse, pig), Cotyledonary placentas are split between separate "cotyledons" (sheep, cattle). Zonary placentas are ring-shaped (dogs), and discoid placentas are circular (ex: primates, rodents)
XEmj6 TIL that Nazi leaders were hard supporters of animal rights. 90% of the actual animal laws in Germany come from the laws that the Nazi’s passed.