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TIL to date, we have only explored 5% of the sea.

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7r7PP TIL King Duarte of Portugal suffered from severe melancholy and depression, caused by the pressures of his job and living through a pandemic. The medieval doctors suggested he get more sleep and avoid solitude and idleness
xAbw TIL Bayer sold HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated blood products that caused up to 10,000 people in U.S.A alone to contract HIV. After they found out they pulled it off the shelves in the U.S. and sold it to countries in Asia and Latin America so they wouldn’t lose money from it.
DD7Y TIL men are 6 times more likely to leave their wife if she gets seriously ill than the other way around (20.8% vs. 2.9%)
yQ1QV TIL every Australian state has only one large city and the majority of every state lives in those cities.
Lx80 TIL that Mormon scripture teaches you to distinguish between angels and the devil by offering to shake hands (you won’t feel anything if it’s the devil).