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TIL in 1911, physicist George de Hevesy suspected his landlady was bulking up his meals with leftovers; he proved it by sprinkling radioactive material over his dinner and detecting it in the next day’s portion

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xV6ZD TIL the spot where Julius Caesar was assassinated is now a cat sanctuary for 250 cats.
yQnmp TIL of Charles Ramsey, a Cleveland man who was key in the rescue of 3 women & a child from over a decade of captivity in a neighbor's home. When word got out he was eating a Big Mac when he heard a woman's cries for help, over a dozen Ohio restaurants pledged to offer him a free burger anytime.
GYQQ5 TIL Zoroastrianism, a minority religion today in Iran, is one of the world's oldest religions still in existence, pre-dates the birth of both Christianity and Islam by centuries, and was once the official religion of the Persian Empire.
1a5Yr TIL in war it is illegal under the Geneva Convention to pretend to be injured in order to trick the enemy
OoJ5g TIL The Importance Of Being Well Dressed: 80 percent of managers feel clothing choices affect a person's chances of being promoted