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TIL Due to its high degree of microporosity, as little as 1 gram of activated charcoal has a surface area in excess of 3,000 square meters- which is the same as 3 Olympic swimming pools, 7 basketball courts, or 230 car-parking spaces.

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M7G0A TIL a 2021 UK study analyzed hospital statistics for 2010-2019 and found that 3,500 rectal foreign bodies were removed during that 9-year period. It also determined that nearly 400 removals were performed each year with an annual cost to the NHS of £338,819.
4Y4N TIL Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII, saved 3000-6000 Jewish lives by unlawfully issuing transit visas so that they could travel to Japanese territory, risking his career and his family’s lives.
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