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TIL That over 1100% more people are Trypophobic than ailurophobic.

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VddZ TIL that Corexit, the chemical dispersant used to “clean” the bp oil spill, is known to have high levels of toxicity in humans, with known links to lung damage, cancer, and other chemical poisoning effects. Corexit is still the go-to chemical for oil spills with no policies banning it in the US.
lVOa TIL ‘Evil’ behaviours can be categorised into four basic groups: machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism and narcissism - and all have been researched in animals other than humans.
KOEQJ TIL Pablo Escobar's personal hitman is now a youtuber
51JQ TIL the Netherlands have the highest amount of tornadoes of any european country, followed by the UK
ADE8B TIL of "Zonal" languages. Zonals are like universal languages but for a specific language family. Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages would all have their own "Zonal" designed using familiar rules/logic/alphabet/etc. The goal is promoting greater regional cohesion in a language zone.