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TIL Qatar’s 2022 World Cup will take more lives than 9/11 due to horrible working conditions for migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure.

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oRPRW TIL since Canada’s founding in 1867, fewer than 50 people have been killed in earthquakes on the land now contained within the country’s borders
KOR9B TIL that any organization can issue certificates with CPDs or Continuing Professional Education. How valuable the training is does not matter.
awN5A TIL: Your ring to digit finger ratio has been studied as correlated with your testosterone / estrogen exposure at birth and various other skills, personality traits, cognitive abilities, academic performance, and behavior.
ZM0B TIL the song “Kung Fu Fighting” was originally mean to be a B side, recorded in 10 minutes then went on to sell 11 million copies worldwide.
6r4Q TIL that Freddie Mercury was Indian of Parsi descent and his real name was Farookh Bulsara