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TIL about the Victoria Hall disaster where 183 children died in a theater stampede because an exit door was locked. The disaster led to the invention of 'push bar' emergency exits.

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R70bj TIL that last year a bug-loving 8-year-old in Canada who was teased at school for her unusual hobby ended up co-authoring a research paper after the scientific community took her under their wing.
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