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TIL Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who ever lived.

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j6pkv TIL there’s a form of water where the hydrogen atoms are all Deuterium (D2O). This causes it to be heavier than normal water and gives it different physical and chemical properties
E1B87 TIL of 2015 Book [Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War] by American Susan Southard. It recounts the lifelong experience of five teenage hibakusha (survivors ) after the bombing of Nagasaki in WWII
w1lE TIL “when Socrates was asked to propose his own punishment, he suggested a wage paid by the government and free dinners for the rest of his life.”
kvM4 TIL NY State Assembly member Steve Katz was pulled over for speeding when he was found with marijuana. He received 20 hours of community service, a $75 fee, and his ticket was reduced to a parking violation.
xV0rg TIL I learned that George Washington Carver, the "Peanut Guy", was also the first black American to receive a bachelors degree in the US in 1894. He also discovered dozens of new use cases from sweet potatoes. So he was so much more than just a peanut guy! Powerful black history facts.