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TIL If you earn more than US$21,000 a year, you are part of the richest 4% on the planet.

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MZoK TIL A father and son team designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge. The father died from tetanus after injuring himself during the initial planning and the son was paralyzed by the bends while digging the underwater foundation.
rRw6W TIL: The death toll due to 9/11 continues to rise. Cases of "life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis" are being newly reported years after the incident, as victims in the vicinity were covered in dust from the World Trade Center, which was created using asbestos
BrXbd TIL of Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer, a Dutch woman who saved 10,000 Jewish children by charming and bribing Dutch train workers and German officers including a young Adolf Eichmann. Research suggests she saved more Jewish lives than all but Raoul Wallenberg.
XE6nX TIL that Canada is the most educated country in the world with 56.71% of adults meeting the OECD criteria (adult residents between ages 25 and 64 that have received a tertiary education: two-year or four-year degree or have received an education through a vocational program).
61eW TIL Saudi Arabia beheads nearly two people per week