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The science of the "vampire facial"

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neOBP TIL about the Second Congo War, the deadliest conflict since World War II. Nine African countries and around twenty-five armed groups became involved in the war, with casualties ranging from 2.7 to 5.4 million deaths.
JYQZ8 TIL that boxer Jimmy Doyle, who died fighting Sugar Ray Robinson for the Welterweight title in 1947, challenged Robinson to the fight in order to buy his mother a house. After Doyle's death, Robinson gave the earnings from his next four fights to Doyle's mother so she could buy that house.
WM08 TIL the boy who voiced Bambi grew up to become the youngest drill instructor in Marines history
7rGRX TIL that the founder of T-Series, Gulshan Kumar, was murdered in August 1997 by the Mumbai Organised Crime Syndicate for refusing to pay protection money to them. This exposed the decades old nexus between Mumbai Gangs and Bollywood.
Lkebr TIL of the Wanggongchang explosion in 17th century China. It killed 20,000 people, released roughly the same amount of energy as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and contributed to the eventual fall of the Ming dynasty.