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TIL of chlorine trifluoride: The Nazi “super weapon” so dangerous the Nazis never used it.

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K5Ew TIL that Ethiopians cannot enjoy the highest quality coffee produced in their own country, which is the birthplace of coffee. The government only allows lower-quality beans to be sold on the domestic market, in order to promote exports and obtain a harder foreign currency.
oRvlA TIL out of the world's ten most polluted cities nine are in India
pbPp TIL that upon hearing his former Vice President John C. Calhoun’s talks of secession in the 1830’s, President Andrew Jackson said to him “…"if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.”
Y8DP TIL: one of the top things people regret when they are dying is that they worked too hard.
DQWY TIL October 1 marks the start of sake brewing season in Japan and is designated International Sake Day.