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TIL that Haiti, cholera free for > 100 years, suffered an extreme outbreak after Nepalese UN relief workers dumped raw sewage into a stream. Hundreds of thousands sickened, around 10,000 dead and cholera is now endemic in the nation.

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mxj6O TIL "Nuclear Pasta" is the actual name of the type of matter believed to comprise the crust of neutron stars. If it does exist it would be the strongest material in the universe. It's phases have been given then names: gnocchi, spaghetti, lasagna, bucatini and swiss cheese.
LRam TIL In 2011 NASA discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water in space to date; clocking in at 12 billion lightyears from Earth and holding the equivalent of 140 trillion times all the Earths oceans.
D1jEj TIL characters that are without anymore money in (older) cartoons wear nothing but a barrel, actually stems from a drunkenness law in England, among other countries, dubbed as 'The Drunkard’s Cloak', back in the 16th century.
6pL7 TIL A grown man is knocked over by ankle deep water if it’s moving at 6.7 mph, by knee depth at 4 mph, and waist depth at 2.6 mph. This is one reason tsunamis are so dangerous. (Pdf)
5VBlr TIL I NEED to drink water everyday !!