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TIL more cops have died of illness linked to 9/11 than had perished in it on that day

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M7ba0 Today I learned about “blading”. WWE wrestlers would cut themselves while on the ground to make fake injuries appear real.
VNmp TIL The most push-ups done non-stop was 10,507 in 1980, and was the last time Guinness World Records published a non-stop push-up record
kJ06W TIL after chemical analysis of the contents of a sealed unguentarium made of dolomite and quartz (found in an intact Roman tomb in 2019), for the first time evidence of a substance in a Roman perfume was found: patchouli
4kgyJ TIL that the body's soft tissues, like muscles and tendons, gradually turn into bone over time under a rare connective tissue disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)
nWXWB TIL Queen Victoria was fifth in line to the British throne when she was born.