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TIL Stan Jones, an unsuccessful libertarian candidate for Montana Governor and Senate, turned himself blue from drinking colloidal silver in preparation for Y2K

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gyWW TIL that between 1946 and 2000, the USSR/Russia and the USA have meddled in at least 117 foreign elections.
D1BAg TIL All border collies can be traced back to one dog, Old Hemp
v9br TIL To put an end to the 2002 Nord-Ost siege in Moscow Russian officials decided to use a classified gas to put everyone inside asleep but the gas killed over 100 of the hostages while Russian officials would not tell doctors what was used in the gas.
0dpPv TIL The number of ants on Earth has a mass greater than all birds and mammals combined. There are roughly 20 quadrillion ants in the world, around 2.5 million per human.
9EQB TIL The USA was one of the original 17 signatories of the Metre Convention, to introduce and promote the metric system, in 1875.