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TIL common vaccines used on “hundreds of millions of people” were developed from lung tissue cells of a three month old, female human fetus aborted in Sweden in 1962, and it’s not clear if the mother gave her permission

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17Nr TIL some of Coca-Cola’s flavouring still comes from the same plant as cocaine and that Coca-Cola is the only company with government permission to import it into the US
daK8 TIL That there is a museum in Kentucky that acts as a place of rest for dummies of ventriloquists that have died, it’s called the Vent Haven Museum.
mjOy TIL: A Dutch company plans on sending 4 individuals to Mars to inhabit and reproduce on the red planet. Over 200,000 people applied. Only kicker, they can never return.
PejG TIL: That a copyright dispute between Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation was settled over a CEO vs CEO arm wrestling match.
pN5Z TIL that following the 1797 swearing-in of Federalist President John Adams, Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson extended his hand to Adams in an apparent handshake before jerking his hand away, adjusting his wig, and running his hand along the side of it.