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TIL the radioactive isotope Polonium-210 is found in tobacco smoke.

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oQX8 TIL it was illegal in the US to have replaceable bulbs in car headlights until 1983.
woMoE TIL There are over 700 different brands of bottled water sold in the United States
4Qxw TIL that the Vatican broadcast its public approval of Pokémon in April 2001, claiming that the game was based on “intense ties of friendship” and lacked “any harmful moral side effects.”
4xxN TIL National Geographic hires an archivist who has worked by himself in the magazine office basement for over 30 years. He has handled hundreds of thousands of photographs and is responsible for about eight million images in the vintage collection
O6L4 TIL Maleficent wasn’t originally in Sleeping Beauty. The girl fell asleep due to a splinter. After, her grieving father abandons her in the house. A King finds and rapes her, then also abandons her. While unconscious, she gives birth to twins who wake her. The King returns later and they marry.