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TIL You shouldn't use hot top water to drink or cook with, as it it much more likely to contain greater amounts of lead

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L7BZ TIL Mona Lisa is far from unique. There were several contemporary versions made by Da Vinci’s presumed male lover Salai, including a nude version.
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lo9J5 TIL The Royal Canadian Air Force is the sixth largest in the Americas. After the US Air Force, US Navy, US Army, US Marine Corps, and the Brazilian Air Force.
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6NyJ TIL Freddie Mercury had a girlfriend, Mary Austin, for six years before he decided he preferred male partners. In his will he left her his mansion and the bulk of his multi-million pound fortune.