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TIL There is only one gun store in the entirety of Mexico. It's inside the headquarters of the Secretariat of National Defense

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awweJ TIL McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) was working on the reusable rocket in the 90's
xVZwg TIL most wheat bread is just white bread with brown dye.
XZ5P TIL that Lina Medina, the world’s youngest mother who gave birth at the age of five in 1939 had started menstruating at three, developed breasts at four and broader hips by five. The biological father was never found and she is still alive today.
4Z0o TIL the company that created the successful series of 80’s/90’s educational PC games such as Reader Rabbit and Treasure Mountain was bought by Mattel in 1999 at a $4.2 billion evaluation. In 2000, it was sold at a loss of up to $3.6 billion, cited as one of the worst acquisitions of all time.
JYO6v TIL a 20 year old committed suicide and froze to death from hypothermia, with a body temperature dropping as low as 19C. He was subsequently revived several hours later after an hour and a half of CPR and various complex operations. He survived and has since recovered with no major disabilities.