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TIL there was a town in Quebec, Canada named Asbestos until 2020. It was named for the asbestos deposits in the area. The name was changed to Val-des-Sources, which means Valley of the Springs.

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69QY8 Today I learned that genitals and etc is allowed on YouTube if it is for educational purposes. Also documentaries and such!
XRDE TIL the unique strontium isotope composition of the bedrock where you grew up is recorded in your tooth enamel. This allows archaeologists to analyze a person’s remains and determine where in the world they lived as a child.
QNnkX TIL Kary Mullis, a Nobel Prize laureate, wrote about an encounter with a fluorescent, talking raccoon. He suggested it might have been an extraterrestrial alien.
O9A7 TIL when Dr. Jonas Salk (discoverer and developer of the first polio vaccine) was asked who owned the patent he replied “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” Forbes calculated the vaccine to be “worth” 7 billion dollars. Happy 100th birthday you magnificent bastard.
oB8eR TIL: Rome's colossal statue of Leonardo da Vinci has a secret compartment that went undiscovered for over 45 years. Sculpture-restoration workers found documents inside.