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TIL when Uranus was discovered it was called George for about 70 years

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VBk7G TIL In 2022, Thailand's health minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the government will distribute one million free cannabis plants to households across the country.
DQG9e TIL Blue Coral Snakes have unusually long venom glands, extending to 25% of the length of the body. Their prey consists mostly of other venomous snakes.
69GgQ TIL that in World War II and the Vietnam War, the US military issued “Life Barter Kits” to its pilots and paratroopers.
6EkJl TIL that what American businessman and astronomer Percival Lowell mistakenly thought were “spokes” on the surface of Venus were actually shadows of the blood vessels in his eyes cast on his retina, his telescope essentially functioning as a giant ophthalmoscope.
wLPa6 TIL that Richard Nixon once got drunk and ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea before sobering and cancelling it