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TIL there is a copy of the Statue of Liberty in England made from left over copper from the original

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8ep48 TIL in 1859 David Terry a California Supreme Court Chief Justice killed a U.S. Senator in a duel.
deV7 TIL the word Dildo comes from a Latin word meaning to “open wide”
OoQJ4 TIL Jonah Hill was hospitalized while filming Wolf of Wall Street from snorting too much fake cocaine
kAv5 TIL the word “melon” has been used euphemistically to refer to women’s breasts since ancient Greece
4XYZR TIL After the collapse of the Soviet Union; over 50% of the nuclear fuel used in America reactors from 1993-2013 came from demilitarized Soviet-era nukes in Russia. The program was called "Megatons to Megawatts" and over 20,000+ warheads were purchased