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TIL that firefighters in Denver need to pass a polygraph test or be disqualified from the testing process

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16wjP TIL that in December 2013 a sophomore at Harvard University sent several bomb threats through the Tor network to cancel a political history exam he was unprepared for. He succeeded, but was caught that same day.
A5bB TIL that Gregor Mendel started off breeding mice, but had to switch to plants because monks shouldn’t live with sexually active beings
wLvGW TIL In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter debated, marking the first time in US history that a president had agreed to debate and only the second time that any televised debates had been held. The sound system failed, leaving Ford and Carter standing in silence for nearly half an hour
9Y79r TIL the upper atmosphere of Saturn’s (and other gas giants presumably) poles are heated by the massive Auroras happening there!
nWpX7 TIL that it is illegal to frown in Milan, Italy. It is legal requirement to smile all the times except funerals and hospital visits