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TIL: The Soviet K-429 nuclear submarine sunk twice and than became a training sub

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Y7vNr TIL that in 2014, "Good Grief" was to be a reality TV show following a family owned mortuary, but never aired due to the stars of the show having been evicted from their building, leaving behind eight decaying bodies, and being convicted of having abused a corpse.
1a57X TIL that in Kenya, elephant poop is being used to make paper. Elephants poop up to 50 kg a day which can produce 125 sheets of paper.
Wk0j4 TIL that in the 90s, the US was first to develop an assay to test for HIV contaminated blood products. France refused to adopt the test because it wasn't French and delayed testing until their version came out, resulting in thousands of hemophiliacs being infected with HIV.
gwJb TIL the first ever 3D feature film was released in Los Angeles in 1922. Now believed to be lost forever
Bg6ZL TIL during the Cultural Revolution in China a system of schools for government officials called May Seventh Cadre Schools were established to combat bureaucratism. Officials were required to perform hard manual labor and learn communist doctrine for six months to two years before returning to work.