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TIL that Yao Ming's conservation campaigns have led to a 50 to 70% reduction in the consumption of shark fin soup in China

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QJ5rM TIL that the spice known Coriander are the ground up seeds of another seasoning: Cilantro.
D1vPD TIL about the Overton window, which defines what political ideas the mainstream sees as radical according to what they're used to, even if they are not in fact radical.
r8ne TIL a micromort is a unit of measurement used to measure the risk of activities. One micromort is equal to a one-in-a million chance of death. Living a normal life is about 22 micromorts a day.
dDpVQ TIL about the 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash where a single plane crash killed 16 Soviet admirals and another 12 highly-ranked military staff.
ly9B TIL In the 1830s Americans drank an average of 7.1 gallons of pure alcohol per year. Early Americans took a healthful dram for breakfast, whiskey was a typical lunchtime tipple, ale accompanied supper and the day ended with a nightcap.