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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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R7K68 TIL Olympic gold medals composed at least 92.5% of silver
8aMka TIL during the Prohibition Era you could still privately drink and own alcohol. The Federal ban was on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcohol.
PY04g TIL (Matthew 6:6) Jesus told not to stand on street corners and in churches and pray, because only hypocrites do that to get attention.
Lknov TIL author H.P. Lovecraft was never able to support himself from his earnings as an author. His book "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", written one year before his death, sold a meagre 200 copies. He died in poverty at age 46.
PWaJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends an estimated £10,000 each year removing traffic cones from the head of the statue of the Duke of Wellington.