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TIL Chris Pratt is Arnold Schwarzenegger's son-in-law. And his wife is a grandniece of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

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LQgGV TIL about Giulia Tofana, who helped over 600 women murder their husbands over a 50yr period during the 17th century Italian Renaissance. Her poisonous creation, called Aqua Tofana, was thought to have been laced with arsenic, lead, and belladonna and was sold mixed into cosmetics.
VMlWG TIL that the Hatian Revolution was "the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery, and ruled by non-whites and former captives."
r1je TIL Google’s cafeteria food prices are set by nutrition facts – One cent per gram of sugar, four cents for saturated fat, a dollar for trans fat…
OGBw7 TIL In 2011 Justin Gaitlin managed to run the 100 metres in 9.45 seconds. This time was accomplished on a Japanese TV show with the aid from a series of fans blowing him forward, which are not allowed for actual record setting times.
eRbL TIL houses in Amsterdam have hooks built into the top front to help people move things in and out of upper story windows