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TIL That Sir Isaac Newton died a virgin at the age of 84

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woOD1 TIL that Nitrogen Mustard a chemical weapon, led to breakthroughs in chemotherapy. This is because of its ability to prevent cell duplication.
xVdRk TIL the reason public trams died out in American cities is because they were forced to subsidize infrastructure for cars and allow them to use tram-lines as roads thereby slowing down all rail networks, making them uncompetitive.
e0jL6 TIL that in the novel “No Country for Old Men,” set in 1980, Sheriff Bell refers to dope dealers who “shot and killed a federal judge” in San Antonio. The film version stars Woody Harrelson, whose father was the real-life contract killer convicted of that murder in 1979.
N7bgb TIL that the sounds some lobsters make when boiling are not their screams, but rather the sounds of air escaping small crevices in their body. Lobsters don’t even have vocal chords.
dDB TIL that to make The Book of Mormon sound more biblical, Joseph Smith used the phrase “And it came to pass” 1,424 times. More than 20% of the verses in The Book of Mormon begin with it.