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TIL that "V" is the only letter in English that is never silent,

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QJ8a6 TIL heroin was originally marketed as a nonaddictive alternative to morphine
wL9BM TIL that Bridgette Wilson, who played Sonya Blade in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, was jokingly known as "RoboBabe" on the set because of her insistence that she do her own stunts, including the fight scenes.
bBE4 TIL of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was a female Soviet Sniper with over 300 comfirmed kills. She is considered as the most successful female sniper in the world.
44pb TIL there is an inconspicuous looking stream in England, that no one has ever survived falling into.
v15d8 TIL Listerine was initially used as an anti-septic and is named after Joseph Lister, the doctor who famously used the first anti-septics in the medical field. It has also been sold as floor cleaner and as a cure for Gonorrhea