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TIL that Nature Chemistry, a scientific journal, has published a painstakingly researched list of all consumer products verified to be chemical-free on one of their blogs.

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d8xLr TIL actors Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland got married only 10 days after first meeting. 6 weeks later on location filming ‘Kiss Me, Stupid,’ Sellers inhaled poppers before sex with Ekland in search of “the ultimate orgasm” and suffered 8 heart attacks in 3 hours, forcing withdrawal from the film.
4XGba TIL that Icelandic horses are not allowed to leave the country. If they do, they are banned from returning. This is because Iceland is an island so they have limited diseases, and this is another measure to prevent it.
jNY8a TIL the majority of Lamborghini models are named after Spanish words and 3 Lamborghini models have been named in honour of matador-killing fighting bulls
0j8p TIL Little Caesars and Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch quietly paid Rosa Park’s rent for more than a decade, after she was robbed in her home and forced to move to a safer, but more expensive part of Detroit
xVe77 TIL it took Ryan Reynolds 11 yrs to get his vision of "Deadpool" made. The project overcame the failing of "X-Men:Origins" and persevered to become the highest grossing R-rated film of all time.