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TIL that Secretary of State James Forrestal’s death was ruled a suicide even though there were signs of a struggle, he was found thrown from a closed window with a cord around his neck and left a suicide note that was in someone else’s handwriting

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gM664 TIL that using jet air hand dryers in toilets/restrooms dispersed 20 times more pathogens than regular hot air dryers. This number increases to 190 times when compared to paper towels.
XEbMk TIL the artist Michelangelo drew illustrated versions of his shopping lists, so his illiterate servant could understand them without reading. One list from 1518 now tours alongside Michelangelo's artworks.
BGxW TIL The blond girl, who distracts Manny in the movie Scarface, vanished shortly after filming, and has never been seen or heard from since.
aweZy TIL That the mummified remains of a German man, Manfred Fritz Bajorat, were found on his boat off the coast of the Philippines in February 2016. He had died of a heart attack and a combination of salt air, ocean winds and hot temperatures created the perfect climate needed to preserve his body.
MerA0 TIL - From 1900s - 1970s, the gay community of England sometimes communicated through a language called Polari, to protect themselves in a land in which homosexuality was illegal.