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TIL God killed more than 2 million (numbered) people in the bible, while Satan killed 10

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0w1j1 TIL the publication of a global study on cocaine use by the World Health Organization was banned in 1995. Excerpts from the study conflicted with accepted views such as "occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems"
BrJyK TIL that when former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, the song "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead" from the Wizard Of Oz shot to number 2 on the UK singles chart-and BBC radio refused to play it.
GYyL4 TIL That, during the War of the Currents, Thomas Edison became so desperate to convince people that Tesla's current was more harmful than his own, that he began paying young boys 25 cents per stray dog they brought him, so he could publicly electrocute them with Tesla's current to prove his point.
XENEr TIL the blue liquid at the bottom of a porta potty was originally made with formaldehyde in order to deal with the smell. Nowadays more and more manufacturers are using enzymes and microbes that feed on odor-causing bacteria.
X0ZVE TIL about Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, the former president of Turkmenistan that ordered to close all the Hospitals in the country except for the ones in Ashgabat