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TIL Russia has 800,000 faith healers but only 640,000 doctors

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GAZG4 TIL that historian George Smith, upon discovering an ancient Mesopotamian parallel to the Biblical Flood story, was so overcome with excitement that he began running around the room and removing his clothes, to the astonishment of those present.
6EWWl TIL that pencils historically never had lead in them, they in fact always had graphite. When graphite was discovered, it was thought to be a form of lead, hence calling it "lead" in the pencil.
wVjE TIL:4 women sued the Girls Gone Wild Series for Distress. An all female jury threw out the case.
loDK TIL that the cast of Starship Troopers greed to do the co-ed shower scene only if Verhoeven agreed to direct the scene naked, which he did
P11bJ TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte sniffed over seven pounds of snuff a month.