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TIL Kentucky has more barrels of borboun than people.
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TIL wood and fabric from the original 1903 Wright Flyer was taken aboard the Challenger… and recovered intact from the wreckage after the shuttle exploded
Wkwo
TIL That the quote from 300 where a Persian tells a Spartan that their arrows will blot out the sun, and the Spartan replies ‘then we shall fight in the shade’, is a real quote from a Spartan named Dienekes.
9YaYG
TIL that pathologist Jack Kevorkian publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide and because of this was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death". He said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was convicted of murder in 1999.
wLyY1
TIL: Mistletoe, commonly seen during Christmas with people kissing under it, is a parasitic plant that kills trees and produces poisonous berries.
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TIL at least five people have invested professional time studying extinct amphibian teeth - and four still have unanswered questions