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TIL one of the most toxic chemical weapons known to mankind, VX, was initially released as a commercial pesticide before being withdrawn once its lethality was discovered

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E61P TIL that two women born on the same day but 157 years apart, died on the same day. They both met with a friend, put on a new dress, went to a dance, and met their killers. They were killed the same way, in the same spot
dDWDB TIL that Embalming wasn't commonly used in US funerals until the US Civil War, when morticians followed after both armies selling their services for embalming and shipping, and several prominent Civil War figures were embalmed and displayed, including Abraham Lincoln.
b681E TIL there exists a bat 29-33 mm in length and weighs only 2 g
j6eXv TIL the careers of many Los Angeles bands including Dead Kennedys, The Bangles, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, and Hole were launched by a classified ads newspaper called The Recycler.
1xnX TIL red M&Ms were not sold for 10 years over concerns that red food dye was a carcinogen