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TIL: There are 7 Bible verses about dragons.

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e0By5 TIL that during the Cold War, Chairman Mao held meetings in his swimming pool to embarrass Nikola Khrushchev, who had to wear a floaty as he couldn’t swim. Khrushchev felt insulted and the incident furthered the deterioration of relations between the Soviet Union and China
bXZN TIL that bonfires were fires originally used to burn bones, which is actually where their names derive from.
vbPD TIL Philip Morris ran an ad acknowledging “smokers’ cough” in 1943. They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris.
OGB56 TIL the loudest human voice belongs to Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher with the ability to shout the word "Quiet!" at 121.7 dB
AG94 TIL there is a size of beer keg called a “wall.” It holds 9.2 gallons, or 99 bottles of beer.