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TIL the Yellow River's infamous floods aren't the river simply overflowing its banks and returning to its original course. When uncontrolled, the river changes course frequently and wildly; some episodes see the river's mouth shift as far as 480 km.

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vP68L TIL that Narendra Dabholkar, an Indian rationalist, who was assassinated by two gunmen, was cremated without any religious rites by his family. His daughter, and not son, lit the pyre, which was a departure from tradition where the son performs this duty.
9wxY6 TIL about Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors, a manual for contract killing for which Paladin Press was sued several times by victims' relatives after their murderers used this book as a how-to guide
WvM4 TIL The bottom 5% of Americans are richer than 68% of the world.
x6jxk TIL In Africa, peanuts are a source of nutrition in a region where child malnutrition is rampant. In West African cuisine Peanuts flavour everything from soups, salads, stews, marinades
7wnX TIL the Earth’s day got shorter by 2.68 microseconds because of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake