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TIL Tobacco Smoke Enemas (blowing tobacco smoke up the rectum) was a popular way to revive drowning victims in the 1700s

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wvG1 TIL that depleted uranium is the less radioactive part of uranium ore from the “enrichment” purification process rather than “used-up” nuclear fuel. It is used in munitions because of its density, self-sharpening and incendiary properties.
Lkxmv TIL that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not only a longtime opera fan, but has appeared in a cameo role with the Washington National Opera
64GX TIL Elephants can distinguish different human languages and know which ones belong to people with a history of confrontation with elephants
lRKV TIL Jim Carey was so terrible at basketball during the filming of Cable Guy that he could barely dribble, so he mimed basketball actions and a ball was added in post production.
OoaNR TIL about Grigori Perelman the mathematician who solved the Poincare Conjecture one of the 7-millennium problems and denied the million dollar prize money as well as the fields medal. Rest of the 6 still remain unsolved.