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TIL Valentine’s day remembers Saint Valentine, who was arrested, beaten by clubs, and beheaded for refusing to stop performing marriages

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kOjDd TIL Miners would inhale aluminum powder to coat their lungs and "prevent" silica based diseases, resulting in many suffering from ALS today.
XEjBD TIL: When Andrew Jackson became president of the USA, he was given a two-ton wheel of cheese as a gift from a farmer in New York. He left it in the White House foyer for a year and at his farewell party, he let everyone take as much as they wanted of it, leaving Jackson with barely any leftover.
wokXP TIL of Thomas J. Midgley, creator of leaded gas and chlorofluorocarbons, now considered one of history's most dangerous inventors.
EgPgd TIL that Rihanna's 'Umbrella' was originally written for Britney Spears, but she turned it down and Rihanna made it a hit
m1vNM TIL it is impossible to hum while holding your nose closed.