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TIL China’s First Emperor’s Obsessive Quest for Immortality and The Elixir of Life Led to His Death and Collapse of His Dynasty

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mx5bv TIL that a Roman goldsmith may have discovered aluminum metal 1800 years before modern chemists did, but Emperor Tiberius had the discoverer killed in order to ensure the metal would not diminish the value of his own gold and silver assets
gMoW8 TIL that U2 has performed only one show without the full band; Adam Clayton got so drunk the night before a show in Sydney that he couldn't go on stage and was replaced by one of the band's technicians. Clayton felt so bad he missed the show that he quit drinking.
Z8BWQ TIL A fortune cookie company accurately predicted winning lottery numbers resulting in 110 people winning between $100,000 and $500,000
QNWEe TIL Studies have found that the amount of plastics that humans inhale or ingest results in a credit cards’ equivalent of microplastics in the bloodstream.
VRd8 TIL that the term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz afficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”