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TIL modern nuclear weapons are thousands of times more powerful than the ones used in WWII

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xV6X1 TIL that the Chinese are buying fresh air from Canadians to stop their children from dying.
6EaJJ TIL that in Bali,12 days after the cremation ceremony called ngaben, the cremated ashes are filled inside a coconut shell and carried to a nearby ocean to return the remains back to the elements.
R5o6j TIL: There is a scientific study involving 2537 men and 3185 women which tested correlation between number of partners and most chronic illnesses. Cancer was the only one statistically significant. 10+ partners means you are more likely to get cancer and had having 0-1 has the least.
nw6W TIL the creator of pop-up ads, Ethan Zuckerman, apologized for its creation, saying “I’m sorry. Our intentions were good.”
yQWeV TIL that in 1974 the 1946 movie "It's A Wonderful Life" fell into public domain because the studio failed to renew it's copyright. As a result, it was aired a lot, which explains why it became so popular even though it flopped in theaters. The studio got rights to the movie again in 1993