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TIL Napalm killed more Japanese than the atomic bombs.

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kOBnE TIL Typhoid Mary refused to wash her hands when preparing meals because she insisted on not having typhoid, even though almost all families she cooked for contracted the disease.
Oa5Y TIL that, in traditional Canadian fashion, Canadian lawyers refer to their clients as “my friend” instead of “my client” while in court.
PJWJ TIL that before being burned at the stake in 1600, Giordano Bruno theorized a universe that was infinite, and that stars were really distant suns.
epvxD TIL Spanish entomologist Luis Méndez de Torres was the first to realize, in the late 1500s, the "king" bee was, in fact, a female. But he didn't call it "queen," but "mistress of the swarm."
9wM0m TIL India is the 4th largest exporter of beef