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TIL On this day (February 15) 2416 years ago, Socrates was sentenced to death by people of Athens.

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7rdXb TIL that France has the 3rd largest Nuclear weapons arsenal on Earth behind Russia and the United States.
gMxj9 TIL Astronaut James B. Irwin, who walked on the moon in 1971, later became a minister who was involved in six unsuccesseful expeditions to search for traces of Noah's Ark. Irwin had a history of heart trouble and was the first to die of the 12 men who walked on the moon
MeNpm TIL Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger from Winnie The Pooh, had medical training and became the first person to build and patent a mechanical artifical heart.
MeLL7 TIL that Iridium is so rare on Earth that annual worldwide production is only three tonnes
lQ1a TIL that depictions of the prophet Muhammad are common in Iran.