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oAvR TIL The worst shark attack in human history occurred in 1945 after the USS Indianapolis was sunk in the Pacific. As many as 150 sailors waiting to be rescued were killed by sharks.
neNdb TIL that in 2015, Americans left 658 million vacation days unused. 222 million of those days were lost because they could not be rolled over, meaning Americans worked $61 billion dollars worth of time for free.
mDgv TIL hundreds of schools collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, killing more than 5000 students. Instead of conducting investigations into the companies responsible, the government threatened and arrested the griefing parents protesting against the death of their children
xBA5 TIL that the Czech Republic, consistently ranked among the Top 10 safest countries on earth, has virtually ‘USA levels’ of firearm permissiveness and has never had a school shooting.
geGX TIL the American Army during WWI employed champion Skeet Shooters to protect the trenches by shooting enemy grenades out of midair and deflecting them