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TIL France’s involvement in the American Revolution left the country on the verge of bankruptcy, and led to increase in taxation, and thus French Revolution

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PPZ TIL There are people who firmly believe nuclear weapons are a hoax
ZpKdG TIL that there’s a Fish Doorbell in Utrecht, Netherlands, where viewers ring the bell to help fish pass through a boat lock
18ZD TIL The United States in 1964 and again in 1966 conducted nuclear tests - in Mississippi.
NwVQ TIL a species of fruit fly was kept in complete darkness for 57 years (1400 generations), showing genetic alterations that occur as a result of environmental conditions.
GkW1 TIL Seven naked women make up the moth’s skull featured on the poster of The Silence of the Lambs. The human recreation was inspired by a Salvador Dali portrait.