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TIL: About the hollywood heart attack. In media heart attacks are shown to have a sudden onset, when in reality most do not.

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d8vwB TIL : Chimps have more adaptive genetic changes than human.
BgrOL TIL that in 1946, the Argentinian government imported 50 beavers in an attempt to start a fur trade. There are now 200,000 and they are threatening over 39 million acres of forest.
8egeb TIL that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was inspired by the rivalry between candymakers Cadbury and Rowntree's during Roald Dahl's childhood. Both sent spies to each other to steal trade secrets and eventually became highly protective of their respective chocolate-making processes.
nwr7 TIL the biggest explosion before the atom bomb, was caused on accident, killed 2k, injured 9k, launched an anchor of a ship flying over 2 miles, exposed the harbour floor, and reached heat over 9000 degrees
wLMxW TIL that Zhang Aiqin (Eggman), popular in meme culture for his egg-shaped head and singing Yi Jian Mei, is an actor and director.