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TIL The Gates Foundation spends more on global health each year than the World Health Organization of the United Nations.

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Yppnd TIL there is an "upside down" waterfall in Hawaii. For part of the year it flows straight up into the sky.
JYGnj TIL There are no such thing as kangaroo farms, all kangaroo meat served in grocery stores and restaurants around the world is sourced from wild populations
WkP84 TIL red squirrels harvest mushrooms and then hang them in trees to dry. Once dried they collect them and store them for the winter.
160w8 TIL that during the 2001 anthrax attacks, one of the biggest concerns of investigators, was ensuring that smallpox samples had not been placed in with the anthrax.
mx6dy TIL that, during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the extreme heat caused one man's brain to turn to glass.