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TIL: Milli Vanilli were created by the same man who created Boney-M (who also lip synced and didn’t sing)

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awApb TIL European PYREX is more resistant to breakage due to temperature change than USA PYREX because it is still made with the original borosilicate glass instead of soda glass (which can shatter in hot shards with sudden temp changes)
BrNJW TIL a research study led by University of Oxford found out that atheists and highly religious people are the ones least scared of death.
oBwrW TIL Sylvester H. Roper invented what may have been the first motorcycle. He died when he fell off his invention while racing riders on normal bicycles. The cause of death was found to be heart failure, although it is unknown if the crash was the cause of it, or if his heart failed before the crash.
bXA0 TIL that Kazakhstan, a former USSR state that has never held a free election, dismantled its entire stockpile of over 1000 weapons in four years and actively leads nuclear disarmament talks.
697EZ TIL When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air