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TIL until 2012 Swarovski contained up to 32% lead oxide

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9wxD6 TIL that Bruce Gamble was a goalie in the NHL for ten years, but his career ended after he suffered a heart attack during a game. He completed the game and did not complain of problems until afterward. He was admitted to a hospital the next day, where it was found that he had had a heart attack.
b9xmE TIL an Australian man typed every number from one to one million in words on his typewriter. It took him a total of 16 years to complete.
N7x0b TIL when Germany invaded Denmark in WWII, George de Hevesy used aqua regia to dissolve 2 golden nobel prize medals from Laue and Frank, to prevent nazis from conviscating them. After the war he precipitated the gold out of the acid and the nobel foundation recast the medals and gave them back.
VMkW8 TIL that fans of the band "The Killers" are known as "The Victims"
1amR4 TIL, that the Queen banned a documentary about the British Royal Family in 1969 which aired only one time in British Television and was locked away in BBC's Vault. But the banned documentary has now reappeared to the public.