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TIL of Melanesians, the world's only black blondes.

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jNBMQ TIL the inventor of the Erector Set also released an "Atomic Energy Laboratory" that included real uranium ore. One suggested activity was to play "hide and seek with the gamma ray source" by using the included Geiger counter to find a radioactive sample hidden in a room.
ADKK7 TIL that Helicopter money is a proposed unconventional monetary policy, sometimes suggested as an alternative to quantitative easing (QE) when the economy is in a liquidity trap (when interest rates near zero and the economy remains in recession)
lLOG TIL The prestigious Michelin Star, an award that the worlds best chefs work their lives to attain, is awarded by Michelin Tires. For over 100 years, it’s all been part of an advertising campaign to sell tires.
6ErvW TIL of White Boy Rick, an 14 year old FBI informant who was sentenced to life in prison due to the FBI not wanting to admit having used a teenage.
Z8GEQ TIL Spanish Civil War jail cells were built like 3-D modern art paintings in order to torture prisoners