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Today I learned that cockroaches were used to make medicine and makeup in ancient china

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eMZk TIL Today (6/5) is National Doughnut Day which was created by The Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the men and women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. In recognition Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts and other shops are offering free donuts today.
VMPDB TIL that among the horrified audience who watched the television premiere of the apocalyptic nuclear war movie "Threads" on BBC was a kid named Charlie Brooker. He later cited the bleak and plausible future presented by Threads as an influence in creating the dystopian world of Black Mirror.
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a84gM TIL Oppenheimer attempted to poison his tutor with cyanide
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