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TIL most of the world's Botox is manufactured in Ireland. A couple of pounds/kilos of the raw botulinum neurotoxin used to make it is enough to kill everyone in the world, multiple times over.

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44bR TIL:October 5, 1582 doesn’t exist.
EXvP TIL when an Israeli day care began fining parents for picking up children late, the number of late pickups went up. Economists believe that parents had previously been motivated to be on time by a sense of guilt, and the guilt went away when it was replaced by a fine that most of them could afford.
6KZw TIL that, due to the ineffectiveness of swords against plate armor, German knights would grip the blade with both hands and use the pommel as a club when fighting armored opponents.
05Vj TIL A UK Election candidate who got zero votes demanded a recount because he knew he voted for himself.
pYrVO TIL The hit song 'Walk Like an Egyptian' was inspired when the song writer was on a ship in rough waters and the way people bent their arms as they steadied themselves reminded him of old Egyptian poses. He originally offered the song to Tony Basil (Oh Mickey) but she turned it down.