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TIL actress Jamie Lee Curtis is a noblewoman by marriage to Spinal Tap's Christopher Guest who is a Lord by birthright

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GA7E4 TIL feeling suffocated is caused by excess CO2, not lack of oxygen. Thus carbon monoxide (CO) is a silent killer: it blocks oxygen delivery and you can pass out and die quickly without feeling anything. It can also cause chain fatalities as people see a body, rush to help, and pass out themselves.
b9On0 TIL of the Watermelon War, a riot in Panama City (1856) which started because a drunken American wouldn't pay 5 cents for a slice of watermelon. It led to the death of 15 Americans and 2 Panamanians.
6b08 TIL you could fit all the planets in between Earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.
PmAO TIL that Joseph Stalin ordered his top scientists to create a hybrid ape-man. In the dictator’s eyes, this hybrid man would be the greatest solider, capable of great strength but with an underdeveloped brain so as to be easily controlled.
9YNoM TIL that Anna Politkovskaya, author of the anti-Putin book “Putin’s Russia”, was assassinated on October 7th (Putin’s birthday)