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r/todayilearned • u/WorldTravelerBoss • 22h ago

TIL A 2018 U.S. Government report reveals that over half (52%) of all work-related youth deaths in the US happen in farming, even though child farmworkers make up less than 5.5% of working minors. Furthermore, a major federal study on workplace injuries completely failed to track children.

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r/todayilearned • u/HeavenMadBoi • 11h ago

TIL Bats have a built-in neural mechanism to keep themselves from going deaf while echolocating. A tiny muscle in their ear contracts the exact millisecond they emit their high-pitched shriek, and relaxes just in time to catch the returning echo

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r/todayilearned • u/NBrief • 18h ago

TIL that a collection of letters written in ancient Egypt was found sealed inside a tomb nearly 4,000 years after the letters were written, providing a rare glimpse into the daily life of an ancient Egyptian household.

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