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TIL that there was a radioactive toothpaste on the market in Germany prior to WWII.

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4Ggg TIL in 1995, the Chinese regime kidnapped 6-year old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who was recently named the Panchen Lama, and replaced him with their own “fake Panchen”. At the time Nyima was the youngest political prisoner in the world. He and his extended family have not been heard from since.
X0XJX TIL the first televised vice-presidential debate was in October 1976 between Republican Bob Dole and Democrat Walter Mondale. Mondale and running mate Jimmy Carter went on to defeat incumbent Gerald Ford in the presidential election that November.
dMyB TIL that 62 of the 97 people onboard the Hindenburg survived when it was destroyed.
P1YnZ TIL from 1848 to 1962, Algeria was considered an integral part of Mainland France rather than a foreign colony.
E1jvp TIL A UK study found that 1 in 6 deaths is caused by a 9–5 office lifestyle. Sitting for prolonged periods of can make you twice as likely to die prematurely