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TIL Cristiano Ronaldo was named in honor of his dad’s favorite movie actor’s (and American President at the time of his birth), Ronald Reagan.

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lBwG TIL that Vol De Mort means ‘Flight From Death’ in French, a phrase used to describe the quest for immortality.
kOlO1 TIL Copper surfaces can reduce hospital infections
Q6ld TIL US Representative Cassius Clay survived an assassination attempt, was shot in the chest, killed his attempted murderer with a bowie knife, threw him over an embankment, and continued the debate he was having
YDRP TIL that a prominent American physicist thinks that scientists who are observing dark matter these days could very well be setting off a chain of events which annihilates the universe.
XEj8P TIL That 1000's of Children in Romanian Orphanages Were Systematically Killed Due to Lack of Meeting Their Basic Human Needs.