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TIL A Canadian hockey team hasn't won the NHL Stanley Cup finals since 1993

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WkdvB TIL researchers have mapped the genome of the Indian cobra (Naja naja). They found 12,000 genes expressed in the venom glands; of these, 139 help create toxins, and a subset of 19 genes cause paralysis/nausea/internal bleeding. It forms the platform to synthesize an ideal antidote to the cobra bite.
pY9xZ TIL that American WW2 general George S. Patton competed in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games
kJ8jE TIL India is the largest exporter of generic medicines in the world, accounting for a massive global export volume.
XvVX TIL in Argentina, the seventh son of a couple automatically receives the godfathership of the President to prevent him from turning in to a werewolf.
bvA4 TIL that the first sensory deprivation tank was created in 1954. Since then people have experienced hallucinations, out of body experiences and even parallel universes while in these chambers.