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TIL The village of Waterproof, Louisiana sits two and a half miles from it's original 1830's location having been moved three times due to flood waters

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Xvkk TIL that Abdul Sattar Edhi founded Edhi foundation which has rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated over 50,000 orphans and has trained over 40,000 nurses. It also runs the world’s biggest ambulance service.
aw0xA TIL Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived 2 atomic bomb blasts. He was in Hiroshima on a business trip when the first bomb was dropped. He then returned to his home in Nagasaki. As he was explaining to his boss what happened, the second bomb was dropped. He was within 2 miles of ground zero both times.
log4a TIL that the last rock song to achieve #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback on December 2001
kOl0m TIL South Korean customs seized 17.500 capsules, which officials claim contained powdered flesh of dead babies. The capsules are reportedly thought by some to cure disease and boost stamina. Officials said the capsules were full of bacteria and presented a health risk.
VrAQ TIL vegetables in Alaska grow gigantic because they receive 20 hours of sunlight a day