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TIL there are more than 3,800 types of potato in Peru

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ZOdR TIL despite being dead, Agatha Christie was able to save a life in 1977 when a nurse who’d read her book ‘The Pale Horse’ that described thallium poisoning so well that the nurse could diagnose a baby the doctors couldn’t. Thallium was found in the baby, and she was given treatments, saving her
K0oB TIL Canada keeps out immigrants infected with HIV/AIDs, one of the most restrictive policies of major Western nations.
k6RB TIL the highest achievement in the community of airbrush artistry is the “Vargas Award.”
wLom7 TIL that ginger ale is a popular drink when flying because of ideas about ginger's soothing effect on stomachs, despite the fact that most ginger ale sold on airplanes contains little to no real ginger.
9w7bB TIL 18th Century Norwegian swashbuckler Peter Tordenskjold once ran out of ammo during a sea battle so he sent his enemy a letter thanking him for "a fine duel" and asking him to send more ammo so they could carry on. The two crews then toasted each other's health and went their separate ways.