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TIL Lenin’s dead body is bathed and dressed in new clothes every year. His tomb is in center of Moscow open to public, despite his death wish to be buried next to his wife

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nWNlW TIL that the US military developed and tested microwaves to break up protests or to use in war. Like microwaves heat up the water in our food, they are able to heat up the water in our skin. This effect is uncomfortable and so people start to separate.
rNaKo TIL that the origin of "zombies" was brought by enslaved people from Africa to Haiti, where eventually voodoo priests (also enslaved and whose jobs were to control other enslaved) would use the fear of zombification to discourage suicide.
OQNX TIL that stand-up comedian Demetri Martin worked as a White House intern during the Clinton administration.
MeYg7 TIL Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. was an American fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general. During the Vietnam War he served under Colonel Robin Olds and together they were known as "Blackman and Robin"
j685E TIL That Japan's fertility rate dropped dramatically for a one year in 1966 because of the superstition of "Fire-Horse" — it was thought that any women born during this year would "have a bad personality and will kill their future husband."