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TIL That Australia Was The Third Country to Successfully Launch A Satellite Into Orbit

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lojmA TIL that Abe Lincoln and Chuck Darwin were born on the exact same date. I wonder if there are any other dates in which multiple historic figures were born.
N7gGJ TIL a Missouri Man purposely damaged a levee on the Mississippi River to delay his wife coming home so he could party. He flooded 14,000 acres and was later arrested and convicted of causing a catastrophe and sentenced to life in prison.
nGeB TIL the liver is the only human internal organ able to regenerate itself; as little as 25% can regenerate back into a whole liver
bJk7 TIL that Dubai uses slave labor to build their skyscrapers.
e0Yy4 TIL in WW2 US tried to weaponize botulinum. Chinese prostitutes would receive capsules to kill Japanese officers who hired them. The plan was tested on donkeys, who survived so it was scrapped. That research led to the creation of Botox It was later discovered donkeys are immune to botulinum toxin.