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TIL Exposure to platinum causes snails to turn into slugs
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TIL that the Hindenburg disaster had more survivors than victims, wasn’t the deadliest airship accident at the time, and the emotional “Oh, the humanity!” audio report wasn’t live, but was a radio broadcast from later that night, and subsequently overlaid on the newsreel videos after the fact
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TIL that Pope Francis hasn't watched TV since 1990, after making a pledge to the Virgin Mary. It has kept him from watching his favorite soccer team, Buenos Aires-based San Lorenzo. So a member of the Swiss Guard tells him the scores and keeps him up to date on the standings
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TIL The 1960s Batman with Adam West was known for it’s morals and lessons, which included the importance of seat belts, homework, eating vegetables, and drinking milk
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TIL that Mr. T was offered 75k USD to assassinate someone. His body guard reputation attracted strange offers and was frequently approached with odd commissions, which included: assassination, tracking runaway teenagers,and locating missing persons.
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TIL that a North Korean man holds the world record for the clean and jerk in the 56kg event. He became only the fifth man to ever clean and jerk three times his own body weight. He won gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic games with this feat.