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TIL There’s an actual chemical seriously called Mutagen X.
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TIL that the Every Vote Counts Amendment is a proposed Amendment that abolishes the electoral college for presidential elections
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TIL on average, it takes 11 weeks to feel better after a relationship ends. Another study found it takes closer to 18 months to heal from the end of a marriage.
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TIL Animated series Captain Pugwash was believed to have featured characters with risqué names such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy. They were actually Master Mate, Tom the Cabin Boy, and Pirates Barnabas and Willy. Two British newspapers were successfully sued for the error.
XEr56
TIL the FBI built a multi-million dollar eavesdropping tunnel under the Soviet Embassy in Washington, but never used it in the fear of getting caught, instead giving tours of it to high-security officials. It was only discovered by the Soviets when US double-agent Robert Hanssen informed them.
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TIL that Sugar Ray Robinson had won all but one of his previous 132 fights, when he was defeated by unknown British boxer Randolph Turpin in 1951. Turpin became the first Brit to hold the middleweight championship since 1891