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TIL there is a French hydrogen fuel auto startup called Hopium, an internet meme portmanteau for something designed to give people hope in a hopeless situation

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grlbL TIL the Bayeux tapestry is not from Bayeux and is not a tapestry. It is a work of embroidery that was most likely made in England.
lo8Jr TIL that the first person to die during a space mission was Vladimir Komarov in 1967. He knew the capsule was unsafe and that he would not be returning alive so he demanded an open casket funeral to send a message to the government officials who had caused his death
Oop11 TIL that all the gold ever mined would fit into a cube of 21 x 21 x 21 meters.
KWE6 TIL Jason Segel actually wrote the Dracula musical from forgetting Sarah Marshall. Attributed it to a slow period in his career and smoking lots of pot.
GAlN TIL the Law of Consecration requires Mormons to give all their property to the LDS church, then receive “as much [property] as is sufficient for himself and family”. Any property “more than is necessary for their support” should be given back so “every man who has need may be amply supplied”.