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TIL old vacuum cleaners may release more bacteria and dust than they suck up

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gMpRA TIL when asked if she could handle a desk job, Mariah Carey admitted she's "literally incapable of being in the real world and surviving."
ADL4g TIL that the Virginia Opossum was intentionally introduced to the western United States during the Depression, likely as a food source. It didn't catch on.
BZkb TIL in WWI, a man was shot in the frontal lobe and, as a result, never slept again. He lived for 40 years after this injury.
xVGDk TIL after learning of Napoleon escape from Elba Four Great Powers declared Napoleon an outlaw and declared war not on France but to Napoleon personally
mxEvy TIL about Gangkhar Puensum, which is probably the highest mountain no one has ever climbed, since it's located in a country that bans climbing mountains.