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TIL Marie Curie’s notebooks from the late 19th century are still too radioactive to be handled

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JdRj TIL when Mark Wahlberg was 16, “he was charged with attempted murder for beating a Vietnamese refugee with a metal hook, leaving the victim blind. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but served just 45 days.”
MPdb TIL in the 1989 film *Back to the Future Part II" screenwriter Bob Gale wanted the future to seem as improbable as possible, so the long time baseball fan has the Chicago Cubs as the 2015 World Series Champions!…The Cubs who haven’t won the World Series in 107 years have 7/1 odds to win it all.
5VDlD TIL dogs track orcas by sniffing for their floating poo
Wk1bB TIL, in New York City in 1890, a horse drawn cab traveled at 6 miles per hour. In New York City in 1990, an automobile cab traveled at 6 miles per hour.
7r6LM TIL a Colorado man sued Arby's over one of their urinals allegedly burning his testicles