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TIL In 2013 Belgium printed half a million postage stamps that smelled and tasted like chocolate as a celebration of the country’s chocolatiers.

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7raeb TIL there is a Man in England who makes prosethetics for children in his home shed for free.
GYbE5 TIL of Ken Alibek, last USSR 1st Deputy Director of Biopreparat. Before defecting to the US in 1992 he destroyed vast bioweapon (BW) stockpiles and production facilities but could not stop all future BW work in Russia. His 1999 book Biohazard details the USSR’s secret, treaty-violating BW program.
9YGG7 TIL that in 2000 a woman sliced her abdomen (17cm) and uterus and delivered her child because of a lack of medical assistance. She and the child are OK.
D1Bep TIL that Saint Lawrence was executed by being burned alive on a giant gridiron. After being burned for some time, he said "I'm well done on this side. Turn me over!" He is the patron saint of cooks and comedians.
yQAGJ TIL that Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett from Facts of Life) divorced her husband when he came out of the closet after 25-yrs of marriage.