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TIL in 2016, after being arrested, a florida man bit off his own fingertips to prevent the police from taking his prints. For this, he was charged with evidence tampering.

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6NpQ TIL that in 1947, a group of kids in Canada sparked a series of protests against candy manufacturers who raised the price of chocolate bars from 5 cents to 8 cents.
vPYG4 TIL Many schools don’t teach cursive writing anymore. When the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were introduced in 2010, they did not require U.S. students to be proficient in handwriting or cursive writing, leading many schools to remove handwriting instruction from their curriculum altogether.
grEaL TIL Osamu Tezuka (God of Manga) is so beloved and respected in Japan that after news broke of his passing from stomach cancer on February 9, 1989. News coverage and tributes from Japanese fans was so overwhelming that it almost overshadowed Emperor Hirohito, who passed away a month before him.
xOX7 TIL that in 1954, a covert US operation overthrew a democratically elected government in Guatemala for the benefit of an American fruit company.
BrgmD TIL wombats have cube shaped poop.