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TIL that $2.5 billion dollars of the nearly $9.5 billion dollars of Haiti aid relief money went toward actual aid relief

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grvN8 TIL that when the Salton Sea was formed, it nearly destroyed the cities of Mexicala (now Mexicali) and Calexico by creating a waterfall that moved through them.
xyr1 TIL that some believe humans are the only animals with the ability to ask questions. Chimps that learned sign language can answer, but never ask questions. Responsorial singing (one person calls, group responds) might be the way humans started asking and answering questions.
PZeZ TIL that just 7 days into the filming of Straight Outta Compton, there was a drive by shooting on set after gang signs were flashed to a passing vehicle. A nearby civilian was shot.
0yGL TIL that in 1964 while federal authorities were searching for 3 civil rights workers presumed murdered by the KKK in Mississippi their search yielded the remains of another 8 blacks that had been murdered by the KKK including a 14 year old boy.
N7R0E TIL about the job of lactation consultant, which is responsible for assessment of common and serious breast feeding problems, increasing milk supply and reduction of breast feeding pain