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TIL it took almost 50 years after inventing the tin-can to invent the can opener

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aP7N TIL Jackie Chan and his stunt team are blacklisted by all insurance companies so he has to pay himself whenever somebody in his movies get hurt
wL8E7 TIL that grapefruit juice can be fatal when taken with certain medications.
LA70 TIL that Islam allows abortion given that the pregnancy is a threat to the women’s life, in case of rape of foetal deformity or if the foetus is less than four months old.
DQY8D TIL about the SS Île de France, the last civilian ship to leave France before the outbreak of WWII. It successfully transported 1,777 passengers fleeing from France to New York; while crossing the Atlantic, 16 other vessels were sunk by torpedoes, mines, or gunfire.
7rpPp TIL the word 'grenade' comes from the French word for pomegranate whose outer appearance and seeds resemble a grenade and its fragments