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TIL there are many people living without running water in the USA

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okoY TIL that during the Cold War, Chairman Mao held meetings in his swimming pool to embarrass Nikola Khrushchev, who had to wear a floatie as he couldn’t swim. Khrushchev felt insulted and the incident furthered the deterioration of relations between the Soviet Union and China.
nemW TIL The line of emperors in Japan has continued since 680 BC
BbjW TIL that in 2008, a stage actor slit his own throat onstage after his prop knife, for his suicide scene, was replaced with a real one.
Zpypv TIL there's a percussion instrument called a "Quijada" or "Jawbone" made from the jawbone of cattle that gets its sound from teeth rattling when it's struck
R7xX1 TIL during the 18th and 19th centuries, most military deaths were caused by poor sanitation, poor diet and diseases. The 1871 Franco-Prussian War would be the first war with primarily combat related fatalities.