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TIL CIA created a gun that could shoot darts that caused heart attack. Upon penetration of skin the dart left just a tiny red dot. The poison itself worked rapidly and denatured quickly afterwards. It was revealed in 1975 in a Congressional testimony.

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7raKr TIL that Fred Rogers is credited with the continued funding of PBS after he presented a passionate argument in front of the US Senate in May, 1969. This allowed healthy child development shows like 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' to be fully funded, along with the rest of PBS programming.
noXo TIL Manta rays frequently leap out of the water, sometimes to heights as high as 9 feet and then belly flop back into the water. This flop has been reported to sound as loud as a gunshot. It is still a mystery as to why they do this.
m1ZRR TIL that the Catholic Church forbade people with epilepsy from becoming ordained as priests, all the way until the mid-1980s, due to superstition about evil influences
X4nX TIL in 2007 a Belgian senatorial candidate posed nude and promised voters 40,000 blowjobs in a campaign ad. She didn’t win.
QQJe TIL that Dolly Parton started a programme where she would send a free book to any child every month up to their fifth birthday and that any child from the US, UK, Canada and Australia is eligible.