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TIL that the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, went to the same school as Winston Churchill

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l9wK TIL that shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Grigori Rasputin publicly spoke out against Russia going to war with Germany. Stating: “If Russia goes to war, it will be the end of the monarchy, of the Romanovs and of Russian institutions.“
A5YB TIL the Morton salt company raised the national IQ by 3.5 points when they iodinized salt in America. Iodine is critical for normal neurodevelopment particularly during gestation.
Ox51 TIL that Jennifer Friede, an activist and mother of four who spent years trying to convince people that Marijuana was far safer than alcohol, was killed by a drunk driver going the wrong way on the interstate. The uninsured drunk driver walked away with minimal injuries.
D7lv TIL of a living 6000-year-old hollow tree in South Africa, which contains a wine cellar and bar that can hold up to 60 people
w7ZJ TIL one of the inspirations for Ian Fleming’s character James Bond was Dusan Popov, a double agent that handed J. Edgar Hoover the plans for the Pearl Harbor attack. Hoover however, didn’t trust the double agent and did not pass on the information.