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TIL Scientists haven’t excavated the tomb of China’s first emperor because they are not allowed to, and because it is (or was) surrounded by a “river of mercury”

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Ypvvx TIL, actress Linda Hamilton who had a role of Sarah Connor in Terminator movies had a brief marriage with director James Cameron in 1997, the year that Judgment Day would have taken place in the movie franchise.
JdNm TIL John DeLorean, best known for developing the DeLorean DMC-12, also developed the Pontiac GTO, Firebird, Grand Prix, and Chevy Vega. He was arrested for drug trafficking in 1982 trying to raise money for his failing company and successfully defended himself proving entrapment by federal agents.
vPjXj TIL: Keep Calm and Carry On was the third of three posters designed by the UK's Ministry of Information in April 1939. Nearly 2.5 million copies were printed in the weeks before WWII, but almost all were subsequently pulped when public response to the first two posters was overwhelmingly negative.
yM1e TIL that a succulent native to Morocco produces Resiniferatoxin, a compound so spicy that it is approximately 1,000 times stronger than pure capsacin on the Scoville scale. It can cause severe chemical burns and is being researched towards a possible new class of analgesics
OGgAR TIL remains of victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing were retained by the City of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania until 2021, without the knowledge or consent of their surviving family members