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TIL Quaker Oats fed disabled children radioactive oatmeal

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VB6Vk TIL : a group of doctors studied 75 specific causes of death between woman and men. Men are more likely to die in virtually every single scenario whether sickness, violence, accidents etc than woman.
rm11 TIL that the filming of The Godfather was disrupted by actual Mafia member Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word “Mafia” completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
oD6W TIL that blasphemy was still a crime in the United Kingdom until 2008.
9Yv9G TIL Female Komodo Dragons can impregnate themselves without a male through a process called parthenogenesis. By forcing duplication of sex chromosomes they can give birth to male Komodo Dragons and keep their species alive.
DNnJ TIL Flights Between San Fransisco and Dubai Travel Over the North Pole (an 8,100-mile flight).