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TIL when a Sharpie is left uncapped and the tip dries it can be salvaged by soaking it in rubbing alcohol

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xxvb TIL that an unconfirmed nuclear blast in the Indian Ocean, called the Vela Incident, was detected in 1979 and never definitively explained
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XE8nD TIL It's illegal to write a check for less than $1 (18 U.S. Code § 336 - Issuance of circulating obligations of less than $1)