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TIL that as of 2003, there were between 50 and 100 people in the US who had nuclear-powered pacemakers.

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pYYnp TIL BMW ran an April Fools ad saying they were giving away a free car. Only one woman showed up in her 15-year old station wagon.. so they gave her a free car. On top of that, her old car was sold off and the proceeds were donated to children with disabilities
6mNX TIL that in 1645, the French governor of Haiti imported over 1.600 prostitutes and sent them to the pirate haven of Tortuga in order to calm the pirates down a bit.
jRYQ TIL that the Indian army uses the world’s hottest chili pepper to make non-lethal grenades.
9KdQ TIL in 2007 Islamic scholars in Malaysia spent a year working out how the country’s first astronaut could pray facing Mecca. He was allowed to save his Ramadan fasting till his return
x64Vb TIL Dolphins name each other, and call each other by name.