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TIL Russia has launched a campaign on ‘selfie safety’, following a spate of selfie-related accidents, among which included two men killed by a live grenade they were posing with.

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lomea TIL that Key West was called Cayo Hueso (Bone Cay) by the Spanish because of all the human skeletons littering the isle
kDQE TIL of United Airlines Flight 811, a regularly scheduled flight between Sydney and San Francisco that on February 24, 1989 had a cargo door fail at 22,000 feet resulting in explosive decompression. 9 passengers were blown out and killed. Two flight attendants were nearly lost as well
XEPlk TIL that an excavation of ancient Babylon revealed evidence that Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C. They were the first one to master the art of soap making. They made soap from fats boiled with ashes. Soap was used in cleaning textile manufacture and medicinally for at least 5000 years.
5kvk TIL Target’s AI figured out a teenage girl was pregnant, before her dad did; the AI even predicted her due date and sent her coupons of baby stuffs
kO6n7 TIL Azerbaijan, in spite of 97% of its population being of Islamic faith, is a secular state under their constitution, and ensures full religious freedom to its citizens.