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TIL Bubble lights used for Christmas decorations contain methylene chloride, a carconigenic solvent.

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JMym TIL the Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates
bkep TIL Ozzy Osbourne’s entire genome was once analyzed by scientists to determine how his body survived decades of drug abuse.
eYxD TIL: Scottish economist Adam Smith predicted in his book the Wealth of Nations (1776) that, if given representation in Parliament, in a century the Thirteen Colonies would control the British Empire. By 1913, the USA’s economy surpassed the entire British Empire.
xo5b TIL In 1883, a writer attempted to make a Portuguese-to-English phrasebook - despite not knowing English himself. Popularized in America by Mark Twain, “English As She Is Spoke” is filled with such nonsensical English idioms as “to craunch the marmoset” and “to buy cat in pocket.”
WkZRd TIL that Nicolas Cage did NOT steal a chihuahua and has successfully sued Kathleen Turner, her book publisher, and The Daily Mail for those rumors