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TIL the human body contains detectable level of precious metals like gold, silver and, platinum

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y96v TIL 28 countries boycotted the 1976 Olympic Games because New Zealand was allowed to compete
oeno TIL that Hervé Villechaize, best known as the diminutive Nick Nack in ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’, helped deal with child abuse in the 70s and 80s, going to crime scenes to help comfort victims. He would often confront and chastise spousal and child abusers in person, despite standing only 3'11".
b95x0 TIL that there were only three people in the United States were qualified to pack the parachutes for the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Their skills were deemed so vital that they couldn't ride in the same car together as an accident would cripple the space programme.
rRVWo TIL: That there is a manga version of Karl Marx' "Das Kapital" The Capital
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