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TIL that lucky-fish-shaped lumps of iron are reducing cases of Anemia in Cambodian communities suffering from poor diet.

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YpyKG TIL that walruses are actually 18% blubber and 44% muscle, while a certain species of moth can reach up tp 72% body fat.
GYvaQ TIL After Chernobyl meltdown, Russian military pilots created rain clouds to protect Moscow from radioactive fallout. British scientist allowed into the area, said that the population in Belarus was exposed to radiation doses 20 to 30 times higher than average as a result of the rainfall
QOKe TIL that the children’s TV show Thomas the Tank Engine had an episode where an engine was dismantled and turned into a generator behind a train shed, alive and aware of what was happening to him.
6EXbJ TIL New York City is the most linguistically diverse city in the world, with as many as 800 spoken languages
R5KG7 TIL the last person collecting a pension from the American Civil War died in 2020.