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TIL that due to thousands of different commercial glitters, identical glitter particles can be compelling evidence that a suspect has been at a crime scene.

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4XWN6 TIL that the Black Sabbath hit "Fairies wear boots" is not in fact about Fairies, but about Skinheads
n1nb TIL that some airlines require a pilot and co-pilot to consume different meals from each other, in case one makes you sick
nWXgW TIL third-degree burns are not the worst burns; the scale goes up to 6
gMn7A TIL The original word for 'bear' has been lost. People in middle ages were superstitious and thought saying the animal's name would summon it. They called it 'bear' which means 'the brown one' to avoid saying its actual name.
jNlmv TIL that newlywed couples who watched and discussed five movies about relationships over the period of a month reduced their three-year divorce or separation rate from 24% to 11%. That makes it as effective in reducing divorce rates as a 20-hour therapist-led early marriage counselling program