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TIL the 1988 Camelford Water Disaster was the UK’s worst mass poisoning event. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was accidentally added to the water supply, leading thousands to become sick. Inquests on people who died many years later found very high levels of aluminium in the brain.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 7:57 pm

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TIL that ‘Penny dreadful’, which started in Britain in the 1830’s, were the first ‘Pop Culture’ product. The serial stories, mass produced for new, young readers, sold up to a million copies per week. Each chapter had 8-16 pages and cost a penny. Sensational topics included crime, the supernatural.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 5:45 pm

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The shooter has a history of mass shootings

by CopyPastaArchive August 23, 2022, 7:39 pm

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TIL air conditioning enabled mass American migrations to the south and help created summer blockbusters

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 4:35 pm

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[Serious] What would be the downsides, if any, of a law that prevented the names of perpetrators of mass shootings from being known publicly, thereby reducing the “copycat effect” and depriving the shooter of any publicity, notoriety, recognition, or fame that they may desire?

by QuestionGuy August 21, 2022, 4:32 am

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TIL the CIA’s MKNAOMI program secretly developed 3 field-tested methods for mass poisoning crops and livestock in the 1970s. The US army continued to store the toxins even after then-president Nixon officially dissolved the program and ordered all biological weapons to be destroyed

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 7:47 pm

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Why do Americans rarely tell jokes about mass shootings?

by cringeyjokesman August 14, 2022, 11:19 am

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TIL there have been five great mass extinctions on earth and we may living through the sixth mass extinction

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 5:34 am

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TIL That the body mass index was invented in 1830 and 1850 by a Belgian mathematician, astronomer and statistician and not a physician.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 1:04 am

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TIL about the US governments “ninja bomb” that uses blades, mass, and velocity rather than explosives to kill its intended target.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 2:12 pm

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TIL that a brother of the late Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from Star Trek) was a member of the Heaven’s Gate cult, dying in their mass suicide in 1997.

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 8:47 pm

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TIL Zoo´s have an instant kill list in case of a mass escape. At the top of the list is the Chimpanzee, because they are known to hunt other primates.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 2:07 am

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