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TIL the worst landslide in US history, the 2014 Oso mudslide which killed 43 people, had been predicted by scientists for years but local officials were unable to convince residents to sell their homes and vacate the region.

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D1oEj TIL in the 50-plus year history of the Japanese bullet train system, carrying over 5.3 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents.
85L4 TIL A 19 year old man once nearly died from drinking a quart of Soy Sauce. He holds the record for highest blood sodium level ever measured without brain damage
Xpjj TIL that Philip K. Dick never saw the completed version of “Blade Runner” and Ridley Scott never finished reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
kOdwg TIL NASA gets no money from companies using their name or logo to sell products.
N79NN TIL in January 2018, China implemented its "National Sword" policy, which banned the import of materials for recycling within China. Prior to China’s ban, 95 percent of the plastics collected for recycling in the European Union and 70 percent in the US were sold and shipped to Chinese processors.