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TIL none of ‘The Bachelor’ winning couples (16 seasons) have remained married.

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LKr9 TIL In 1973, the US government stopped research into thorium based nuclear reactors as, unlike Uranium reactors, their byproducts could not be used to make nuclear weapons
odvo TIL that sodium bicarbonate (Baking Soda) kills cockroaches. Once consumed, it causes the internal organs of cockroaches to burst due to gas collection.
k004 TIL that 6 babies, the “Kaufering Babies”, were born to Jewish women imprisoned at the Dachau Concentration Camp in WW2 and survived thanks to the kindness of other Jewish prisoners.
rRbMW TIL that stray dogs in Russia have taught themselves to use subway to commute from one stop to another in search of food. This gives a peek into their evolution side, where they are getting smarter everyday because of the strive to survive in the unnatural environment cities provide.
bmRN TIL the name for the thin paper that is in every Hershey’s kiss is called a “Niggly Wiggly”