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TIL Archaeologists are able to follow Lewis and Clarks trail across America by looking for their Mercury laden poop.

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klbg TIL that from 2003 to 2008 over $40 Billions in cash was flown from the Federal Reserve to Baghdad. Now nobody knows what happened to the money.
pQVA TIL that sex selection drugs cause thousands of stillbirths in India every year and one in five women who take them have a stillbirth.
a84gM TIL Oppenheimer attempted to poison his tutor with cyanide
kvmE TIL in 2006, David Copperfield used slight of hand to trick armed robbers into believing he had nothing even though he was carrying his passport, wallet, and cellphone.
yQAvJ TIL California is the first state to ban pet stores from selling pets from commercial breeders under the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act; pet stores may sell only rescue & shelter animals. Violators of the law will be fined $500 per animal. CA citizens can still buy pets directly from private breeders.