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TIL Trick-or-Treating originated in Canada

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1aa6O TIL Admiral Nelson was preserved in a barrel of brandy upon his death. His crew then drank the brandy brandy afterwards (tapping the admiral)
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M7Xga TIL: Helium is generated by radioactive decay, is a non-renewable resource, physically escapes into space, is used in applications such as MRIs, breathing mixtures and welding gas, and has no substitute.
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9v9M TIL Before the United States dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan, it showered 35 Japanese cities, including Nagasaki & Hiroshima, with over 5,000,000 leaflets warning Japanese civilians of the impending destruction. (link to leaflet in comments)