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TIL that General Motors chemist Thomas Midgley Jr. invented both chlorofluorocarbons and leaded gasoline, having "more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."

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owEA TIL India is the first and only country to have banned the import of foie gras, which is liver from ducks who have food forced down their throats with pipes.
4Wa5 TIL that lemmings committing mass suicide is a myth that was perpetuated by Disney knowingly
NXA9E TIL that for training purposes and to avoid the risk of creating political tensions with actual countries, the U.S. Army has created over 20 incredibly detailed and intricate fictional nations, all including maps, flags, populations, etc. Each one is the "counterpart" of an actual nation.
rNGB4 TIL Human feet are being found on the beach in the Pacific North West of the United States. So far there have been 20 random feet in the past couple of decades.
Wkpoo TIL of Hannah Szenes, a Jewish parachutist dropped by the British into Yugoslavia during WWII to help rescue Hungarian Jews about to be deported to Auschwitz. Arrested, imprisoned and tortured, she refused to reveal details of her mission or her transmitter code. She was eventually executed.