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TIL that people used to eat mummies

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W7M6A TIL Grover Cleveland first met his future wife while she was still an infant, and he bought her her first baby carriage.
BeND TIL Marie Curie (née Skłodowska) named the element Polonium (symbol: Po) after her country of birth, Poland (Latin: Polonia), which was then part of the Russian Empire.
pR8p TIL that a cats purr can promote the healing of their broken bones or torn muscles, this is due to the sound frequencies of the purr (which is around 25-150 Hertz). This can also improve their bones density.
d8jK9 TIL U.S. military dogs have ranks, and usually outrank their handlers out of respect and military custom
09OM TIL that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a mini-opera about coffee addiction