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TIL Graham crackers were originally invented to prevent masturbation

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LQma9 TIL Until 1958 Popes were embalmed by having all their organs removed. Pious XII was against this so a novel method was used: it went so bad that his body started rapidly decaying while still in public view and the ceremony was canceled after the chemical reactions made the swiss guards fall ill
gMvPD TIL the bluest blue (to date) was accidentally discovered when a researcher received a grant to explore novel materials for electronics applications and tried to heat together oxides of manganese, yttrium, and indium at two thousand degrees Fahrenheit
WZ59 TIL that Samuel L. Jackson’s performance as a crackhead in 1991’s Jungle Fever was so acclaimed that the “Supporting Actor” award was created just for him at the Cannes Film Festival.
Y7VGB TIL that sugar isn’t directly bad for your teeth, but rather it creates the perfect environment for bacteria in your mouth to thrive, and they produce acid as a byproduct which IS bad for your teeth.
rNlae TIL that pirates of the Caribbean had their own country called the Republic of Pirates