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TIL That Cadbury Chocolate Has a Football Team

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ADDow TIL that Norse runes are still in use in parts of Northwestern Portugal.
GAVgJ TIL that King George IV attempted to divorce his wife by Act of Parliament - neither he nor Queen Caroline would admit to adultery, so the bill would declare Caroline guilty
5V1Mk TIL Naphthalene, a chemical used in mothballs, can cause poisoning through ingestion, inhalation, or skin contact. Termites can also produce naphthalene to protect their nests. Symptoms of exposure range from headaches and nausea to hemolytic anemia, where red blood cells are destroyed.
9jOm TIL when Edwin Edwards ran for governor against the grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke, people were worried that Edwards would lose because of his indictments for fraud and bribery. Faced with the alternative, people created bumper stickers that read, “Vote for the crook, it’s important.”
DQgKj TIL the substance that forms the outer shell of plant spores & pollen, Sporopollenin, is one of the thoughest, most stable biopolymers in the world. It's so resistant that it can't be studied using normal enzymes or chemical reagents, and it can stay intact in sediment for +500 million years.