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TIL the 2021 Astroworld Festival crowd crush event was not a random tragedy, but a result of several logistical decisions made by LiveNation including overselling the festival, security breaches at admissions, and poor crowd flow management

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yOnV TIL that according to the 1995 census, the majority of American Indians prefer the term “Indian” over “Native American” in referring to them.
WRad TIL the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the WHO, the U.K. Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, and the EC have all concluded that GMO crops pose NO risk to human health. No case of human illness or allergy has ever been directly attributed to genetically modified crops.
OGYeR TIL Ubisoft is the biggest game developer by number of employees (>20,000 employees) and owns the largest in-home development studio worldwide, Ubisoft Montreal (>4,000 employees)
j61Bp TIL: In early 1980s, rather than opting for an all out strike, chemists' assistants in UK handed out prescription pharmaceuticals for free
Bgd0e TIL there was a 73 year old British Commando fighting in North Africa in WW2