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TIL about John Allen Chau an American evangelical christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese which is a tribe in voluntary isolation, while trying to introduce them to christianity.

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R7j09 TIL A toothpaste was sold in early 20th century Germany which was slightly radioactive because it contained small amounts of thorium. Its radioactivity was promoted as imparting health benefits and the product is exemplary of the radioactive quackery which thrived in those times
9Y6pX TIL Pope Francis issued a papal decree stating that all dogs go to heaven, settling a debate within the Catholic Church dating back to the 18th century.
j648X TIL the human body can naturally settle into a sleep-wake cycle of up to 50 hours, when there's no day/night cycle to observe. In 1962 geologist Michel Siffre entered a darkened cave, where he planned to remain for two months tracking time assuming 1 sleep equals one day, but he was off by 2 weeks.
R74B8 TIL that following the death of Heath Ledger midway through the filming of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus', Jude Law, Jonny Depp and Colin Farrell who took over the unfinished role of Heath's character, donated their paychecks to his then 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger.
78m7Z TIL there's a noodle factory in Indonesia that still uses a bull to mill its flour and make the dough