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TIL malaria investments have averted nearly 12 million deaths and more than 2 billion cases of the disease (2000-2023). There was 608,000 deaths due to malaria in 2022

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E189P TIL that hockey goalie Clint Malarchuks throat got slashed by skate during a live NHL game, the injury was so bad that 11 fans fainted, 2 got heart attack and at least 3 players vomited on the ice. The wound was so bad that it needed 300 stiches. Clint was back on ice just a week later.
yQKwJ TIL about 20% of Greenland's population (56,186) have attempted suicide.
OGBpR TIL that the scythe was pretty much unknown to farmers in India and was only introduced widely in this century. They were using mostly sickles.
Z8gKQ TIL that there are ant colonies that span hundreds of miles
bdlE TIL that Secretariat was such a dominant race horse partly because his heart was roughly two and a half times the size of an average horse. His ample girth, long back and well made neck contributed to his heart-lung efficiency.