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TIL Copper destroys viruses and bacteria and protects people in contact with it in the context of their work

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grnPW TIL that David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, is also a DJ. His Spotify profile has 550,000 monthly listeners. He's performed in nightclubs and music festivals in New York, Miami, and the Bahamas.
eOLn TIL “pouring one out for your homie” is actually an ancient tradition called “Libation”.
R7NZ9 TIL You don't have to swear on a bible when you enter office, you can swea on anything, you can even swear on Captain America's Shield
neaMG TIL that rhino horn is NOT considered an aphrodesiac in Chinese "medicine", and that this is a misinterpretation of Chinese texts. However, due to the repetition of this misinterpretation in the West, people in Viet Nam are starting to believe the rumor, and demand there is surging because of it.
EoQw TIL environmental activist group Greenpeace once accidentally released a fact sheet which said “In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE]”.