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TIL Ivan the Terrible died during a game of chess

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X0nNj TIL that steam locomotives were still being manufactured for industrial use in 1999
neoQb TIL part of what makes Impposible Foods meatless burgers tastes like meat because they genetically modified yeast to produce the plant version of hemoglobin, Leghemoglobin.
nWJZ9 TIL that Pope Paul II supposedly died from indigestion caused by eating melon in excess, or by being sodomised by a page boy
ne6vW TIL Pakistan started a Billion Tree Tsunami project 2 years ago, to plant 1 billion trees all over the country within 5 years. Today, they witnessed 70% increase in honey production.
KYZPa TIL that in 1982 there was a discovery of over 16,000 aborted fetuses as old as up to 30 weeks being improperly stored in a container unit.