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TIL someone wrote a smartphone app called “Nickelblock” that plays Nickelback every time you try to look at your Ex’s profile on Facebook.

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J9Ev TIL the Chambarakat Dam in Mosul, Iraq is listed as the most dangerous dam in the world due to being built on an unstable base of gypsum (the same mineral used in drywall). If it should fail, it would ultimately put Baghdad under 15 ft of water with a death toll of 500,000.
vGGx TIL: There is a Harvard/Oxford educated doctor that has been running a free TB/HIV clinic in Port au Prince since the 2010 earthquake and she receives no compensation for her work.
WklpA TIL: Some swiss cheese lacks holes because the milk used to make it is too clean. A Swiss agricultural institute discovered that tiny pieces of hay dust are responsible for the holes.
rRROM TIL Germans were persecuted/lynched in America during and prior to WWI
RYL1 TIL Texas Instruments has a near monopoly on the graphing calculator field, with over 90% of the sales. Due to this the base model specs and price have not changed in 10 years.