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TIL Lego used dust from a 4.5 billion year old meteorite to 3D print bricks.

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lL9a TIL 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, indicted or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations during his term, making it the highest criminal conviction record for any President’s staff or cabinet.
ADbo7 TIL an English man, Darren Hickey, died after eating a scolding hot fishcake at a wedding - He suffered injuries to his throat similar to those who die of smoke inhalation in house fires.
J1Xw8 TIL that Alexander the Great once put on a staged naval battle using his favorite food as their weapons, apples.
WkAA8 TIL that in 2004, a woman's steel chastity belt triggered a security alarm at the metal detector. The woman explained that her husband had forced her to wear the device to prevent an extramarital affair while she was on vacation in Greece. She continued her flight to London on the pilot's authority.
a8JyZ TIL about Scombroid food poisoning, which causes an allergy-like reaction to seafood. It is usually caused by improper storage/processing of raw seafood, which allow high levels of histamines to develop and cause allergic reaction-like symptoms when consumed.