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TIL of the last pagans of Pakistan: The Kalash people live in remote mountain valleys have maintained their ancient, pre-Islamic religion amd claim descent from Alexander the Great’s armies.

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nWevW TIL in the 1960s the US government dug a mile-deep hole in the ground and dropped a 40-kiloton atomic bomb in it, to release natural gas. It worked, but the gas was too radioactive to use, and the project was abandoned.
4kALw TIL; Bayer knowingly sold AIDS Contaminated Hemophilia blood products worldwide because the financial investment in the product was considered too high to destroy the inventory.
rNGMd TIL: Music played in elevators and grocery stores has a specific official name.. "Muzak"
9Yn9p TIL there's an annual horseback competition where people ride 100 miles in less than 24 hours over craggy, mountainous terrain, with the best averaging 15 hours
4kgDo TIL ... that Weed is Kosher