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TIL that diarrhoea is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, responsible for killing 760,000 children every year

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gMwa7 TIL owning an electric car in Norway grants you free public parking, free ferry rides and the right to drive in bus lanes.
DQJlj TIL of William Mullens, who led the only intact unit of the 51st Division to escape France in June 1940. He led about 160 men to the beach, under heavy fire for 6 miles, and on the way captured a village with only revolvers. The Germans assumed it was a strong counterattack and fled the village.
4Voo TIL that in the movie Blade Runner, Harrison Ford believed that his character was a human while Ridley Scott believed Ford’s character was a replicant.
ovgr TIL Louis CK asked Donald Rumsfeld, directly, if he was a lizard. Multiple times over the course of 15 minutes. Rumsfeld wouldn’t answer him.
Evpx TIL Cannabis plants (and corn and sunflower) are being used to decontaminate the radioactive soil around Chernobyl.