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TIL In 1930, when Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenin's widow publicly opposed Stalin, he considered revoking her status and nominating another, unrelated woman as "Lenin's widow". She died on her birthday in 1939, with some suspecing that the birthday cake Stalin send to her as a gift that day was poisoned

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P1e5V TIL that mead (or honey wine) has different names when blended with different ingredients. When fermented with grape juice, it is called "pyment," with apple juice "cyser," with other fruits "melomel," with herbs or spices "metheglin," and with hops, grains, or malts "braggot"
6EkyX TIL Chinese moso bamboo can grow almost a metre in a single day, about 35 inches.
l7ld5 TIL Legendary NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw once used the alias with the name of another legendary quarterback "Tom Brady" to check into a hospital... in 1983, when Tom was only 6.
j6Npa TIL in 1908, the NYT reported a story on a dog that would push kids into the Seine in order to earn beefsteak treats for “rescuing” them.
a8wjZ TIL Timgad ruins are one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning and UNESCO World Heritage Site.