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TIL Indian military scientists developed a chili grenade made with ghost pepper

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KO7d9 TIL the actual definition of an "Influencer" is not one who influences life choices, but rather they influence their subscribers to buy a product, i.e. product placement for brand recognition.
E8pV TIL the happiest countries in the world also have the highest suicide rates.
8YrZ TIL that ‘hella’ was a proposed SI prefix for one octillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
Z8Eap TIL in the 1960s, convincing newly formed African countries to align with the US was crucial in the Cold War but racism towards African diplomats was making it difficult. JFK introduced civil rights bill as a result which eventually led to the Civil Rights Act.
R5lka TIL - The layer of gold on the James Webb Space Telescope is so thin that if you added it up, it would only be about 7-8 wedding bands worth.