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TIL - Pope Leo XIII was the first Pope whose voice was recorded on audio. He also drank Vin Mariani, wine laced with cocaine

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V1KD TIL some bombers such as B-52 Stratofortress are designed to “Fail deadly” meaning they are guaranteed to detonate their nuclear payload if they are hit and fall below a certain altitude to discourage the enemy from shooting them down in the first place
1aVZO TIL That the tetanus is not directly related to rust, it's caused by a soil bacterium. Iron just gets usually rusty after spending some time in the soil, and the rust is a nice place for the bacterium to live in.
MoQB TIL that individuals with the “strong tasters” gene variant are less likely to be smokers.
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GXvE TIL that North Korea has over a trillion dollars in minerals- but they can’t mine most of them because of the lack of widespread electricity in the country.