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TIL that the rumour that actress Lupe Velez drowned in her toilet when she slipped while vomiting after a barbiturate overdose is false. Official reports state her death was due to Seconal poisoning not drowning

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b98eQ TIL than motherboard and other electronics element, like hdd and cars, use one of the most expensive metal on Earth with the Palladium (more expensive than gold)
NX79M TIL Precursors to chewing gum date back 5,000 years with the first commercial chewing gum released in 1848. To sweeten these early gums chewers would repeatedly dip the gum in a plate of powdered sugar to reconstitute the sweetness while they chewed.
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ANYAx TIL that the first commercially successful video game - an Atari Pong cabinet at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale California in 1972 - got a complait for beeing "broken" when it was jammed out of order with quarters due to its unexpected popularity
x6AvB TIL gelada baboons are aware of the concept of “cheating” on their partners, suppressing their mating cries while cheating, with the dominant male attacking the “cheaters” if discovered.