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TIL GenX, is a known toxic chemical added into non-stick pans after a similar toxic chemical PFOA was banned due to causing cancers/birth-defects etc.

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oRd9Y TIL George Washington with His Half-Brother Lawrence Visited Barbados in 1751, While There, Both Caught Smallpox
M7Lg7 TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.
kOLVm TIL that Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson} also voices Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Mandela Muntz, Tod Flanders, and Chuckie (Rugrats).
Ekjd TIL that Columbian drug cartels have custom-designed fibreglass submarines to smuggle cocaine. They’re designed to carry about 4 people and are extremely hard to detect.
mxZyR TIL two conniving brothers sold a counterfeit Goya painting for €1,500,000 just to find out all the money was fake, too