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TIL in Stephen King’s “Misery,” a story about a writer kidnapped by a crazed fan named Annie, Annie represents cocaine, as the story was written at the height of King’s cocaine addiction

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RoA8 TIL in 1983, a small town in Missouri was permanently evacuated after high levels of dioxin was discovered in soil samples. It was discovered that a man hired to oil the dirt roads to keep dust down had used waste from a company making Agent Orange.
Oo5Kg TIL - If you bite it and die, it is poisonous; if it bites you and you die, it is venomous.
RNKw TIL the Swiss Guard, known now as the guys in the silly costumes that stand around the Vatican holding halberds, once stood against an army as it sacked Rome. 189 Guard stood against 20,000 invaders at the Vatican long enough for Pope Clement VII to escape the city.