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TIL cigarette butts can severely stunt the growth of plants by making the soil toxic

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1ald8 TIL a common practice while electing a new pope was for Cardinals to cast a throw away vote for someone who was not seen as a strong candidate To see how the others were voting, one year the majority of cardinals cast the same throw away vote and in 1335, Jaques Fournier became Pope Benedict XII
PgYG TIL that a 456 pound man starved himself for a year and 17 days, only surviving off his own body fat, yeast, multivitamins and potassium supplements. After, he weighed just 180 pounds.
167B4 TIL that Mormons consider the US Constitution to be divinely inpsired
D1lyv TIL Isaac Asimov wrote 500 books. His first novel was published in 1950, and he died in 1992. This means he wrote aprox 1 book per month for 42 straight years.
rn8M TIL directly after JFK was assassinated, his wife Jackie refused to remove her blood-stained clothes or have the blood washed from her face and hands. She continued like this aboard Air Force 1 during LBJ’s oath-of-office, telling Lady Bird Johnson, “I want them to see what they have done…”