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TIL most receipts use toxic ink that gets absorbed through skin contact

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Br8Lb TIL, Hans and Margret Rey, creators of Curious George, escaped France on homemade bicycles less than 48 hours before the Nazis invaded Paris.
wyd6 TIL the 14th Dalai Lama (currently 64 Years old) will decide whether or not to reincarnate when he turns 90 - he could be the last Dalai Lama
YBAW TIL that Scientology uses the same strategy as Chinese spies to deflect criticism
QJVLk TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest. It’s difficult for most insects and birds to fly at extremely high altitudes where the air is thin and oxygen is scarce but researchers were able to track some bumblebees that were able to fly at more than 9000 metres.
JYKb8 TIL The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed an estimated 675,000 Americans (far more than the 53,402 who died in combat in World War I). The impact was so profound as to depress average life expectancy in the U.S. by >10 years & may have played a significant role in ending the World War 1 conflict.