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TIL Louis Armstrong tricked Richard Nixon into carrying several of his bags through customs for him. One of the successfully transported bags contained 3 pounds of marijuana, making Nixon an unintentional mule.

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16064 TIL in America a prison's arm is swabbed with alcohol before a lethal injection, to prevent infection
9wdgG TIL Saudi Culture Ministry bought a Leonardo Da Vinci painting for a world-record $450m at an auction in New York. Later, scientific evidence suggested that Da Vinci only made a contribution to the painting, and experts consider that the painting was more likely to have been the work of his studio
Z8nnp TIL prehistoric evidence of burial has been found in both Homo heidelbergensis and Homo neanderthalensis, suggesting that the evolutionary roots of spirituality and belief in the afterlife pre-date modern humans. The earliest evidence of human burial has been dated to 100,000 years ago.
YpQaG TIL pinecones close when they get wet to make sure they disperse seeds on a dry day.
R7deQ TIL A researcher named Georg Steinhauser collected 503 samples of fluff from his own belly button, the largest weighing 9.17 mg, to study its contents - which are primarily composed of tiny fibers from shirts