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TIL that Lenin's body has been preserved for more than 100 years

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epEbk Today I learned chicken pox doesn’t come from chickens.
08Lp TIL that the original abbreviation of the National Socialist Party was Nasos. The word “Nazi” derives from a Bavarian word that means “simple minded” and was first used as a term of derision by journalist Konrad Heiden
neZgW TIL the original Hulk was not supposed to be green, but gray. Due to a printing error, the hulk was showed up as green instead of grey.
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