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TIL that former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was deliberately poisoned, which became apparent as his complexion seemed to age decades over the course of months.

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JvA1 TIL of James Randi a psychic debunker and former magician that carries and will give a check of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) to anyone that can demonstrates any form of psychic, supernatural, or paranormal ability under satisfactory observation.
P5nw TIL: That a German woman was executed during WW2 for telling a joke about Hitler
L0A9 TIL 12 years ago Portugal decriminalized all hard drugs. Today, drug abuse is down half of what it was in their country.
JJ58 TIL that a scientist once wore glasses with flipped lenses so everything was upside down. After a while, his brain flipped the image so he could see normally again. However, when he took the glasses off, he’s brain continued doing this and his normal vision remained flipped.
VMOlB TIL the art of Rap Battles (poetic verbal abuse) was first recorded in 15th century Scotland and called Flyting. Although contestants attacked each other spiritedly, they actually had a professional respect for their rival’s vocabulary of invective and would often drink with the loser afterwards.