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TIL an estimated number of 10'000 Londoners died from smog in 1952.

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EgxY7 TIL: National Park Services has their own Investigative Services Branch. The FBI of of the NSB, solving decades old Cold Cases in the worst of conditions.
OGkBL TIL: Ancient Chinese Toys (400 BC) Inspired Modern Helicopters. A stick with feathers at the end was rapidly spun between the hands to generate lift and then released into free flight. In 1754, Lomonosov developed a rotor modeled after the Chinese top, but powered by a wound-up spring device.
LQwJP TIL A charity in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with lethal doses of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were anonymously donated by a member of the public. Each candy contained up to 300 times a normal dose of meth
d8LAK TIL the child actress playing Annie, sampled by Jay-Z for "Hard Knock Life", retired from acting and become a successful songwriter herself (New Radicals "You Get What You Give", "Lost Stars" from Begin Again, etc)
AXOa TIL The Pillars of Creation, a nebula 7,000 light years away, was destroyed by supernova 6,000 years ago. In a thousand years we will see it destroyed as it takes 7,000 years for the light to reach Earth.