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TIL that the "refrigerator test" to identify authentic versus counterfeit or adulterated extra virgin olive oil doesn't actually work

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6akw TIL that Vasily Blokhin, a Soviet Russian Major-General, personally executed at least one Polish soldier every three minutes, totalling 7,000 by the 28th day
PYB8Z TIL that the chevy suburban started back in the 30s as a station wagon being fitted to commercial frames called the Suburban Caryall, it was adopted for use during WWII by the US Armed Forces. This makes the Chevy Suburban the longest running nameplate with 85+years of consistent manufacturing.
nereW TIL that giant sloths excavated hundreds of miles of tunnels in South America that still exist to this day
Z9gY TIL after the North Koreans tried to assassinate the South Korean president, some South Korean generals wanted to dump the assassins’ corpses on the negotiating table
R4l8 TIL San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Briggs has talked approximately 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge sine 1994