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TIL Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been reduced significantly since parents have been putting babies to sleep on their backs only.

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4X8nJ TIL: there is a city in Russia so contaminated with nuclear waste, that people check their food with a Geiger counter before purchase.
WZod TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy..
b690j TIL Amazon is poised to pass UPS and FedEx to become largest U.S. delivery service by early 2022
rRVjx TIL that 1 in 200 Men Are Direct Descendants of Genghis Khan (One of the most ruthless leaders of all time)
mPjy TIL that Elon Musk forewarned today’s failed rocket launch, stating “…Orbital Sciences… uses Russian rocket engines that were made in the ’60s…they start with engines that were literally made in the ’60s and, like, packed away in Siberia somewhere.”