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TIL There’s an actual chemical seriously called Mutagen X.

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pYo1Q TIL Jack Black's parents were both Rocket Scientists and worked on the Hubble Space Telescope
MJe8 TIL that there is evidence to suggest that Vincent Van Gogh didn’t kill himself, as is widely believed, but was accidentally shot by kids.
9YR6D TIL L Ron Hubbard holds the Guinness World Record for most books published over a lifetime, with over a thousand books.
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