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TIL there are only 5 people still alive who were born in the 19th Century

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Z85wG Today I Learned that the diagonal of a 4D Cube is equal to 2 edge lengths of itself.
v1djD TIL that Vin Mariani the Cocaine-Laced Wine was new kind of wine invented by French Chemist Angelo Mariani in the 19th century. Queen Victoria, Thomas Edison, and Ulysses S. Grant were all big fans of Vin Mariani. Pope Leo XIII awarded the drink an official medal from the Vatican.
4kXgg TIL Australian toilets don’t flush clockwise because of the coriolis effect, but because of the way those toilets are designed
xVVB5 TIL of the abolitionist Cassius Clay, who as well as giving his name to the famous boxer was often physically targeted for his beliefs, installing armoured doors and two cannons in his office and once disarming and cutting out the eyes of an assassin who had shot him.
8lN4 TIL that Compton, CA has a drive-thru funeral home that’s bulletproof. It’s a popular place for gang member funerals.