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TIL that dental cavities are usually filled with a mercury-based alloy. Dental offices typically disposed of the excess by pouring it down the drain, a practice that was only outlawed in the United States in 2017.

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yVnWV TIL Robert Duvall turned down the role of Woodrow Call in Lonesome Dove to play Gus McCrae, calling it one of the best roles he’d ever seen. His performance was so memorable that fans sometimes weep when visiting Gus’s mannequin, taken from his coffin scene, now displayed at Texas State University.
7BOM TIL that the royal navy also has a 2nd Sea Lord, and that there used to be a total of 5 Sea Lords at a time, explaining why the commander of the royal navy is the 1st Sea Lord rather than simply THE Sea Lord.
jGOj TIL that Facebook punked tech crunch by implementing a functioning “Fax This Photo” button just visible to TC.
vPx0B TIL female depression treatment lead to the invention of the vibrator
e0ee4 TIL Taylor Energy is responsible for an oil spill that has been flowing for the last 14 years and there is no signs of it stopping anytime soon.