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TIL out of the world's ten most polluted cities nine are in India

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R5DN7 TIL about Desmond Doss. The movie Hacksaw Ridge tells his story of saving the lives of 75 men. The truth is more incredible. The number was closer to 150 and he did so with a shattered arm, something not depicted in the movie, as the director felt it would be too much for the audience to believe.
nek4P TIL in the 80's the police bombed a Philadelphia black activist group called MOVE, killing 11 people including 5 children
lo9LK TIL that on December 23rd 1953 Lavrentiy Beria (Head of the U.S.S.R.'s N.K.V.D.) begged on his knees for mercy before being executed. His fate was similar to that of his predecessor, Nikolai Yezhov, whom Beria is rumored to have strangled.
e08lk TIL about dark pattern design used by social platforms to deliberately mislead users into continual use and giving up more data.
yAKV TIL that Mark Zuckerberg made so much money in 2013 that his pay raised the average compensation for a tech worker in San Mateo county by $80,000, from $210,000 to $290,000.