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TIL that Pure Gold is edible.
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TIL of Louis IX, the only canonized French king and namesake of St. Louis. He ruled during the 13th c. and is most remembered for justice reform, like presumed innocence, bailiffs, and appeals. He began a golden age for France in Medieval Europe and he arbitrated many disputes between other kings.
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TIL after a Taliban fighter shot down an American CH-47D Chinook, he boasted about it over his radio. Signals Intelligence identified the caller, and within two days, an F-16, a C-130, and two Apache Gunships used their combined firepower to kill him and five others.
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TIL That Neil Hope, the actor who played 'Wheels' on the first two Degrassi series, died in 2007 and his death was not discovered by his family and cast mates until almost five years later.
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TIL 400 million years ago, before trees took over, Earth was covered in 24-foot mushrooms called prototaxites.
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TIL that Dave Canterbury from Dual Survivor was fired from the show for completely lying about his military/survival experience.