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TIL that it is near impossible to incapacitate someone with chloroform against their will. It would tak nearly 5 minutes of constant inhanling to render a target incapacitated.

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b46N TIL that the FBI and EPA suspected a nuclear weapons facility was illegally leaking radioactive materials but were unable to investigate due to substantial security, they asked for a meeting with top officials regarding a “terrorist threat”. Once inside they immediately served a search warrant.
M70ob TIL from 1929 to 1931 three consecutive Canadian born women won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was nearly 90 years before another Canadian man or woman won the top Oscar.
4kXlJ TIL that buttons and buttonholes switch sides depending on if they're for males or females. I'm 29.
4k66J TIL that upon losing the 2002 Senate Election in Minnesota, Former Vice President Walter Mondale became the first (and only) major party candidate in U.S. History to have lost a general election in all 50 states. He had lost in the other 49 states when he ran against President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
dDWKK TIL that the word "hello" is younger than the United States. It was first attested to in writing in 1826.