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TIL Clay pipe fragments excavated from Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon home contained small amounts of cocaine, cannabis and myristic acid

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b69gE TIL that sperm whale oil is an essential ingredient when making a nuclear bomb.
RpeQ TIL in the London riots of 2011, the looting and vandalism which took place throughout the city was almost totally avoided by bookshops. One man said his store would probably stay open during the unrest, stating: “If they steal some books, they might actually learn something.”
8bgL TIL there is a species of ants called the Mycocepurus Smithii that reproduce by cloning. No male of this species has ever been found.
R7PE6 TIL that Pablo Escobar called off a hit on a man who had fatally shot a member of the Medellin Cartel when he found out that the shooter, Gianni Russo, had starred in The Godfather.
78Geb TIL that despite the Sun's typical whiteness (white sunrays, white ambient light, white illumination of the Moon, etc.), some cultures mentally picture the Sun as yellow and some even red.