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TIL that the first Iditarod sled dog race was actually a race against time to save the children of Nome, AK

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Wjj4 TIL that before 1934, film in Hollywood used to be extraordinarily liberal during a period called “Pre-Code”. Before laws about decency were passed, films in that era would give today’s rated-R movies a run for their money, featuring nudity, homosexuality, drug use, intense violence and more.
OgZ7 TIL- One of Napoleon’s original 18 Marshals of France possibly faked his execution and escaped to the United States.
grk4 TIL completely pure water freezes not at 0C but at -48C (water which freezes at 0C is contaminated with bacteria and other particles)
0wjn5 TIL that Kalpana Chawla, one of the astronauts killed in the Columbia tragedy, knew Steve Morse of Deep Purple and had even taken the band’s “Machine Head” album to space with her on the mission. Morse wrote a song called “Contact Lost” as a tribute to her.
N7aN8 TIL that Jenga blocks aren’t all the same size. Some are almost imperceptibly smaller than others, meaning they’ll side out of the stack more easily.