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TIL dioxins continue to contaminate Vietnam’s soil and rivers decades after the war there, with severe health consequences like birth defects.

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pYmGp TIL that since human beings appeared, species extinction is 35 times faster
b6lpa TIL of Strivers' Row, a district of Harlem, NYC, whose houses were built in the 1890s. The houses sat empty for more than 20 years because at first the owner would only sell to white people, but by the 1920s the area had become the leading district for upper-middle class black families.
woPnW TIL that New York City actually has very few alleys, and one alley in particular is constantly reused for movies.
bnd9 TIL that there is a form of insomnia that is progressive and 100% fatal. Sufferers gradually lose the ability to sleep until it is completely impossible. After several months of no sleep, they become unresponsive, mute, and eventually die.
awj6M TIL an Australian guy shot his mate dead so he could steal his mates' $40000 worth of honey