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TIL over 80% of the world have never flown on an airplane

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LkJgr TIL that the highest rates of suicide are not in Winter but instead in Spring/early Summer and are linked to inflamation caused by allergies.
xVL5k TIL Project RENEW, co-founded in 2001 by a US Army vet in an effort to help clear unexploded bombs in Vietnam, now spends about $24 million a year clearing unexploded ordnance, teaching children about the risks, and assisting victims. The project cleared 17,000 bombs in 2017.
nWlJB TIL We could kill all mosquitoes with little to no effect Ecology: A world without mosquitoes
R7bx7 TIL in 2009 a man dressed as Santa robbed a Tennessee bank claiming he needed the money to "pay his elves"
Brank TIL of bog butter—an ancient waxy substance often found buried in peat bogs that was used as a way of preserving butter in ancient Ireland. The butter would gain flavor notes from its surroundings that were namely described as “gamey,” “moss,” “funky,” “pungent,” and “salami.”