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TIL that a group of women in Kampala, Uganda who earn around $1.20/day breaking rocks into gravel sent $900 of their wages to help Hurricane Katrina victims

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Oo894 TIL the much of the NYC subway system's control signals are still based on hundred year old technology. When parts fail, they must be scavenged from scrapped parts or custom made at great expense.
rRgKx TIL that in 1999, an improperly set up hot tub at a garden show in Bovenkarspel, The Netherlands, caused an outbreak of 206 cases of Legionnaire’s disease and 32 confirmed deaths
KYYMG TIL that a 1982 Harvard study confirmed that Tibetan monks can raise their body temperature with their minds. Practitioners of "g-tummo" yoga demonstrated the ability to raise the temperature of different parts of their bodies through meditation alone.
OGjY TIL the first two people ever mauled to death by grizzly bears in a national park were two 19-year-old girls killed on the same night – by different bears – 9 miles apart
R5xOQ TIL that "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams spent 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, still the longest uninterrupted run ever on that chart