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TIL Over 35,000 Children Receive Emergency Room Treatment Each Year from Bunk Bed Associated Injuries.

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JkLB TIL of The Great Stink of London, where the smell of human shit in the River Thames was so bad that it halted parliament. 250 tons of limes were used to mask the odor.
1aPgX TIL that long-beaked echidnas have four-headed penises and are known as monotremes, meaning egg laying mammals. This perhaps hints at early mammalian evolution from reptiles. These guys are sadly critically endangered owing to habitat loss!
oojE TIL a 25 year old contestant on the French version of Survivor died during the first competition on the first day. A week later, the staff doctor of the show killed himself. His suicide note claimed the media was making unjust accusations and assumptions about him.
OARe TIL a 13 year old girl from Louisiana is working to be a crew member on a Mars One.
8ev7G TIL: the FBI developed and sold a "security enhanced" android OS that was actually a honeypot leading to more than 800 arrests