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TIL that Sheikh Hasina, PM of Bangladesh, has survived ~19 assassination attempts on her life

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NPm1 TIL that during an olympic gold hockey game involving Canada, so many people viewed it on tv that there were massive fluctuations in water pressure during the time between periods from people using the bathroom simultaneously
MeOy0 TIL photographer Kevin Carter, famous for his photo of a vulture stalking a starving toddler, committed suicide a few months after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for his photo. He told an interviewer that after snapping the photo, he “sat under a tree for a long time, smoking cigarettes and crying”.
nemdP TIL Barry J. Marshall thought the H. Pylori bacteria caused stomach ulcers, and tested it on himself, then treated himself after that, curing himself and winning a Nobel Prize.
l76W7 TIL Lonely parrots can be taught to call their buddies.
epwyD Today I learned that people with poor eyesight tend to be more intellectually inclined.