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TIL that the body of Leon Czolgosz, Assassin of President McKinley, was dissolved with acid after his execution

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VN08 TIL that no soda company can emulate the taste of Coke because Coca-Cola is the only company in the U.S allowed to use imported coca leaves (where cocaine comes from) in their recipe. A partner company extracts the cocaine from the leaves whereupon they are shipped to Coca Cola.
LQw6d TIL that in 1935 a fan walked onto the field and took an at bat in a Major League Baseball game, the only time a spectator has ever done so.
dVY7 TIL that Mount Disappointment, a mountain in Australia, got its name after hikers climbed to its summit and found the view to be underwhelming.
wL9lJ TIL that during the pre-production of "The Handmaid's Tale" tv series author Margaret Atwood (whose wrote the novel) was consulted about the updates to some of the dialogue (the original novel was written in 1985). During the discussion Atwood was forced to ask "What's a carpet muncher?".
Brmoe TIL the Mount Everest isn't called by that name by the locals of the Himalayan region. The Tibetans named the mountain "Chomolungma" (Holy Mother Mountain) while the Nepalese call it "Sagarmatha" (Goddess Sky Mountain). The Chinese use the either the Tibetan name or Shengmu Feng (Holy Mother Peak).