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TIL that the antonym of cleave is cleave

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Jb6m TIL the US military investigated building a “gay bomb”, which would make enemy soldiers “sexually irresistible” to each other.
neRdY TIL Britain had become the biggest drug dealer ever by the turn of the 20th century; at the expense of China which had developed the biggest drug addiction problem ever. In 1906, 23.3% adult Chinese men were addicted to opium.
wjL8 TIL in 2001 a man robbed his victims by cutting hazelnuts in half, inserting a sedative drug, and glueing them back together. He would wait for them to pass out, and then steal their belongings.
JY90l TIL that 22% land (approx 1,100,000 acres) of New Jersey is occupied by New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, spread across 7 counties.
9eEQ TIL As a teenager in Bronx, Martin Scorsese frequently rented Michael Powell’s “The Tales of Hoffmann” from a store that had one copy of the reel. When it wasn’t available, the owner often told Scorsese, “that Romero kid has it,” referring to George A. Romero.