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TIL that china is consuming more pork than ever before

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bxk4 TIL that the Isareli airline El Al has an onboard anti-aircraft missile system equipped in their planes. They are the only airline that places its cargo in a decompression chamber before take-off.
kOom4 TIL about Roselle, a guide dog who led her blind master out of the World Trade Center to survival on 9/11
wnxJ TIL that despite its small size (41,543 sq. km, 134th in the world) and high population density (406 per sq. km, 24th in the world), the Netherlands is the number two exporter of food and agricultural products in the entire world, after only the United States.
e4Vk TIL that the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was illegal in 1867, making Iowa one of the first states to integrate its schools.
MlJB TIL that in an old study conducted in the 80s in a hospital in LA, the researchers found out that 75.5% of patients with gunshot wounds to the heart survived, and 88.5% of patients with stab wounds to the heart survived.