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TIL there is a $300,000 watch that doesn’t tell time, but it does tell you whether it’s day or night.

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EpZW TIL in The Beatles’ song “In My Life,” George Martin couldn’t play the piano as fast as the part he’d written. So, he played it an octave lower at half speed and just ran the tape back at twice the recording speed.
0w1PM TIL that Craigslist generates more than $1 billion annually while having only about 50 employees.
KYY6B TIL In Switzerland, until 2010, all capable males were required to keep a Sig SG 550 and a Sig Sauer p229 at home or at the local armory, to provide for the national defense.
Wk7a8 TIL that Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was supposedly prophesied to die from a falling object, and therefore stayed outdoors. He was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock.
v1xoB TIL that suicides increased by 10% in the months after the death of Robin Williams