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TIL Betteridge’s law states, “Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”

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OoyQ7 TIL The 1918 Influenza Pandemic killed more people than all the battles in WWI combined
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p8MvO TIL: You can live without a stomach.
5pd9 TIL Sand Pirates exist, along with a black market for sand. Pirates come to Cambodia and illegally dredge up sand, then the sell it to Singapore, which uses the sand to expand its coastline.
nWpKW TIL that in Japan, you can hire a person to apologize on your behalf.