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TIL VitaminD3 will solve almost 90% of physical and mental issues! more than just a "bone vitamin"—it’s a hormonal powerhouse that threatened the pharmaceutical and medical industries by serving the cure for various ailments.

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xVGAB TIL 5 men volunteered to stand directly under a Nuclear Blast in 1959, with a sixth man who didn't volunteer. None suffered immediate harm, but all later developed cancer.
GKk7 TIL in the 1960s, Baghdad was a modern, flourishing, and a very clean city by 60s standards. Girls play volleyball, men play board games in open air cafes while sipping strong Arabic coffee, the police force looks purposeful, the traffic is orderly.
b6grp TIL The Ottoman Empire never recognized the partition of Poland in the 18th century. Even after the partition, the Ottoman chef de protocol would continue to ostentatiously ask “Where is the deputy from Lehistan (Poland)?” to the annoyance of the diplomats from the partitioning states.
yQZ8w TIL in 1991, an Australian singer pretended to have been kidnapped in order to boost her flagging career. She’d been missing for two days when she was found tied up in a road, claiming that she had been abducted by a fan and assaulted. Two weeks later she admitted that she’d made it all up.
wo5a8 TIL I learned Myanmar has the most public holidays of any country in the world with a 32 public holidays a year. With Mexico and Wales the least at 8.