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TIL The Italian military will start growing marijuana

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LQQwP TIL that the CSI:Crime Scene Investigation franchise put out a kit for kids that contained asbestos in the fingerprinting powder. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic chemicals were also found in some kits.
9Y4aD TIL the most profitable movie of all time percentage-wise (box office over to budget) is the porno "Deep Throat".
8oKZ TIL that the children of identical twins test genetically as half-siblings instead of first cousins
x61p7 TIL that it took all of human history up to 1804 for the world's population to reach 1 billion; but only a century to reach 2 billion.
Q1jp TIL in 1952 after a good samaritan helped capture notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, NYC Mob Boss Albert Anastasia ordered the man dead after watching an interview with him on TV saying “I can’t stand squealers! Hit that guy!”. The man was killed a few days later. Sutton had no Mob connections