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TIL that despite taking in more than $500 million in donations, the American Red Cross only built six houses in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

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gDRL TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone originally wanted to remake the movie Armageddon entirely with puppets. After legal issues with the studios they made Team America instead.
yQBNw TIL That as of 2016, Walt Disney World is the second largest buyer of explosives in the United States, only behind the Department of Defense.
vPXeB TIL of Helen, a Macaque monkey who was instrumental in the study of a condition in humans known as blindsight. Helen's primary visual cortex was removed, effectively blinding her. However, she blinked at motions that threatened her eyes and could navigate through environments as if she could see.
l70Lr TIL that bloodletting is still practiced in modern medicine to treat few diseases, including hemochromatosis (increased iron accumulation in the body).
RwJ8 TIL Genghis Khan killed enough people to cool the earth, 40 million people were killed and vast areas of farmland were reclaimed by forests