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1823

TIL cyanide had no effect on Rasputin in the first murder attempt because cyanide sprinkled over cakes converted to harmless ammonia

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yjOe TIL that JFK said he wanted to, “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.”
womaY TIL; Metallica provides grants for personal trade education
e08yL TIL Raking your leaves destroys ecosystems. Fallen leaves create a natural layer that butterflies, moths, salamanders, chipmunks, box turtles, toads, shrews, worms, and other species rely on for food and shelter.
ADrKB TIL Flowers for Algernon was rejected for publication numerous times because author Daniel Keyes refused to change the ending to make it happier
7rrWZ TIL the wreck of the Titanic is so deep in the ocean that there's very little oxygen so it doesnt really rust. Instead it is being slowly consumed by anaerobic bacteria (a kind that doesn't need oxygen to live). Within a few hundred years, a pile of iron ore will be all that remains of the titanic.