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yVBAw TIL that in 1990, after miraculously surviving a plane crash, two men received 6+ years in jail when ER doctors found baggies of cocaine inside their bodies.
VErB TIL Russian has no word for ‘blue’, only two different words for 'light blue’ and 'dark blue’.
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X5eQ TIL since 2006 pennies and nickels have had a production cost greater than their face value, resulting in a net loss to taxpayers of $436 million.