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TIL that every Texas ranger’s badge is made from Mexican silver

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kbMe TIL a woman named Jean Hilliard survived a severe 6 hours freezing. She was transported to Hospital where doctors said her skin was too hard to pierce with a hypodermic needle and her body temperature was too low to register on a thermometer.
lbRA TIL that the original X-Men Movie from 2000 is widely credited with paving the way for the modern Superhero Movie Genre we have today.
R7Pk4 TIL 19th century Swiss watchmakers used to copy American watches and make 'superfakes' of American brands
N7bBQ TIL that engineers have developed a ‘plastic’ which biodegrades in a month and won’t cause choking if eaten.
nW9B9 TIL In 1981 when Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president of US he asked the chief of staff to show him the war room of Pentagon because he thought what the movie Dr. Strangelove depicted was real