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TIL that hot thermal pools have killed more people than bears in Yellowstone National Park. 20 deaths v. 8 deaths.

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78bLP TIL when Robert Atkins published "Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution" in 1972, his diet was labelled a fad, which implies something new-fangled. But low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets had been popular for over a century before that & were a method of weight loss endorsed by mainstream science until the 1960s
b60Lp TIL: about milk in Germany, which strictly defines cows’ quality of life (description in comments)
Brdoe TIL that a Northwest flight once flew unresponsive for 100 miles past its destination because the pilots were busy with their laptops and didn't hear air traffic controller's radio calls.
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b9R60 TIL that LIMES are actually YELLOW when they are RIPE