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TIL The 1st, 2nd and 5th deadliest wildfires in recorded history all happened on the same day in different places in the United States.

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m0DE TIL that today is Mole Day! A holiday celebrated from 6:02 AM to 6:02 PM dedicated to Avogadro’s Number (otherwise known as the mol) 6.02 x 10^23
ZpwOR Today I learned that all but one country in the UN has ratified or accepted the rights articulated for children in the UNCRC treaty. The one country who hasn't is the United States.
D1Jmv TIL that the surgeon who pioneered organ transplant proved it by sewing dogs heads to other dogs
W7xVB TIL in the 1890s Spain gave 8 days to all rural Cubans to move to concentration camps, killing those who didn't comply. By 1898, a third of Cuba's population was in concentration camps, and over 400,000 Cubans in the camps were dead, or over 20% of the island's population
yQyN8 TIL the key difference between a ship and a boat is a ship can carry a boat, but a boat cannot carry a ship