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TIL that there is one-way bullet resistant glass.

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gMXlX TIL that ‘nickname’ isn’t actually the proper word and it’s actually ‘ekename’. But when saying it to be grammatically correct you say ’an ekename’, then through speech it gradually morphed into ‘a nekename’ (nickname)
vPNp7 TIL that Coronals on the sun carry electric currents
ADEv7 TIL studies done by online stockbrokers where they analyse the results achieved by their clients found that the ones that did the best were those that had died (and the category that did second best had forgotten their log in details).
JYnXl TIL in the Ancient Greek Olympics, competitors found cheating were fined. The money would pay for a statue of Zeus with a plaque shaming the offender, and placed on the road to the stadium.
d8b4K TIL lizards in areas hit by hurricanes have evolved grippier, bigger toe pads in order to hang on against high winds, even within one generation. Researchers studied 188 anole lizard species in 70 years of hurricane data. In areas spared by hurricanes, lizard toe pads were smaller.