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

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6b67 TIL there are no bridges over the Amazon River
Wkxp8 TIL The phrase "cool as a cucumber" is actually a scientific fact: The inside temperature of a cucumber can be up to 20 degrees cooler than the outside air.
MenRb TIL in 1961 the entire U.S. figure skating team died in an airplane crash - causing a mandate still in effect that no team travelling to international competition would be allowed to fly together ever again
rloo TIL “Jim Wilson” is the American Airlines code for coffin or cadaver shipments
v1Egx TIL that in 2018, Ukraine spent 5-7% of its annual government budget on recovery and cleanup efforts related to the Chernobyl disaster.