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TIL that people who use Botox reduce their ability to empathize with others

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KYN7B TIL about the Duquesne spy ring, the largest espionage case in US history that ended in convictions, where 33 members of a nazi german espionage network were sentenced to a total of over 300 years in prison. They were lead by a man who had advised Theodore Roosevelt on big-game hunting.
newEG TIL about Nicolas Antoine, who attempted to convert to Judaism in the 1620s and then became a Calvinist pastor in the Canton of Geneva while secretly practising the Jewish worship. He ended up being burned at the stake for heresy on 1632
KODAa TIL Sir Patrick Stewart is an everyday cannabis user
woPg6 TIL that both Johnny 5 from Short Circuit and Frank the Pug from Men In Black were both voiced by the same person, voice actor and pupeteer Tim Blaney.
X0mxX TIL Napoleon introduced the printing press to Egypt in 1798 so that he could issue his decrees and ordinances.