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TIL that child chimney sweep apprentices had to crawl through vertical mazes of chimneys and frequently were left to die when they became stuck

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xVW55 TIL that humans are very genetically similar to rats and mice which is why we have similar diseases, genes, and organ types like primates too
RBV4 TIL in the game Fallout 3, there is a nuclear bomb in the middle of a town, which the player can choose to detonate. The Japanese version of the game disables this option.
6xLm TIL the sound of the velociraptors barking at each other in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park was actually the sound of tortoises mating.
4X6Dw TIL Wadi-al-Salam, the world's largest graveyard, covers 1500 acres, sees 350 burials a day and contains 5 million bodies.
MJGW TIL that 65% of America has only one or two options for internet providers.