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TIL That Niko Bellic is only 30 years old in GTA 4.

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W7j7L TIL Mustard gas, one of the most deadliest chemical weapons deployed in warfare, was noted to cause a surprisingly low number of immune cells when medical records of soldiers were reviewed. This revolutionized cancer treatments and mustard gas is now used today to treat some leukemia/lymphomas
xV9Wb TIL Greta Thunberg is 4'10'' tall
W9DX TIL France invested so much on the American Revolution that it actually ruined France’s economy.
QJnOM TIL that The Netherlands (where I live) has two old Volcano’s. One of which they recently found (not this one). Never imagined we’d have Volcano’s here, and never learned that in school, although it makes perfect sense of course. Thought it was pretty cool to have volcano’s.
Aexw TIL - Heinz ketchup has the number 57 on it just because H.J. Heinz thought it was luckier than 60 which was the number of varieties of their products at the time.