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TIL Afghanistan has cost the U.S. more than the Marshall Plan

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oBg8E TIL Humphry Davy Was Addicted to Nitrous Oxide. And also downed a bottle of wine before inhaling. Hahaha Who wouldnt like to party with him :D
P1l0G TIL the mayor of Knox County, TN is a 7 foot tall WWE wrestler known as Kane
woXYM TIL Byzantine princess Theophano, wife of Holy Roman emperor Otto was resented by the emperor's courtiers for her peculiar habits, including "luxurius tastes", like demanding to take a bath daily and using "a golden double prong to bring food to her mouth", instead of eating with her hands
x6e7D TIL that an ankylosaur fossil was discovered in 2011 so flawlessly preserved that some of its skin, armor, and stomach contents were still intact.
PPmw TIL Spiders can learn to do backflips in space, and then try(unsuccessfully) the move when brought back to earth.