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TIL that members of the Russian Mafia would tattoo of Lenin, Marx, and Engels on their chest or vital organs because firing squads could not shoot images of USSR’s founding fathers.

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kOQgm TIL that a convicted money forger was honored by becoming the face on the Australian 10 dollar bill.
Vv7Z TIL When Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, went to prison for conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia, his cellmate was Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street.
Y7x4x TIL a hearing test for human babies was developed based on a study on how owls hear. The pupils in both owls and humans dilate when a new sound is heard
VBnPD TIL Our brains combine the signal from our nose and tongue to create flavor
QNGVE TIL that a teenager in Manchester, suffering from depression, created multiple fake online identities to persuade his best friend to attempt to murder him. Following his survival of the attack, he became the first person in UK history to face charges for inciting their own murder.