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TIL Stalin’s granddaughter lives in Portland, Oregon, where she sells antiques, vintage clothes, and scented candles.

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N7xx6 TIL about the death of Gloria Ramirez, also known as ‘The Toxic Lady’, whose blood’s exposure caused 5 medical staff to be hospitalized and 23 to experience symptoms
GBYN TIL Germany has ‘Tauchgondeln’ [diving gondolas]. They’re tourist attractions where a pressurized room on a pole gets lowered down into the sea. They’re unique to Germany and there are only four of them.
PYynO TIL that giving children the names of Nutella, Manhattan, Prince William or Mini Cooper are illegal in France.
0d7RM TIL that the saliva pouring from the aliens mouth in Alien (1979) is KY jelly, and the tendons in its jaws are shredded condoms
00kj TIL that more than 2,500 left-handed people are killed every year around the world from using equipment meant for right-handed people. The right-handed power saw is the most deadly item.