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TIL most Helium on earth is the result of radioactive decay of Uranium and Thorium in the earth’s crust

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gML5W TIL a TV station in Atlanta, Georgia once broadcast a story on a new kind of Krispy Kreme donut. The caption in the image behind the on-air reporter read, "So good you'll suck dick."
6EXYX TIL in June, 2016 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized one kilogram of carfentanil shipped from China in a box labelled "printer accessories". The shipment contained 50 million lethal doses of the drug, more than enough to wipe out the entire population of the country.
9LaG TIL - that the US Declaration of Independence was actually not signed on July 4th. It was only approved by congress on July 4th and was not signed until August 2nd.
vP888 TIL that Gwen Stefani is now older than Rue McClanahan was when she started playing Blanche on Golden Girls
Y7knr TIL When William The Conqueror of England died, the body exploded when they tried to stuff him into the too-small stone coffin.