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TIL that subatomic particles can be detected by the naked eye with a simple homemade device called a Cloud Chamber that uses dry ice and alcohol

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lobZr TIL In the early 1970s in Korea, elementary schools started leaving Chinese script off their curriculum. Students now begin Hanja classes in middle school, and some parents would rather their children did not waste their time with it at all. However, Hanja calligraphy remains a national pastime
QwwE TIL Taco Bell is one of Americas healthiest fast food chains.
6eZ TIL that, unlike other professions in the USA, members of the Clergy can opt-out from Social Security, and 30% do. Many who opt-out from paying into the system have been let back in to collect benefits when they retire.
BPNy TIL A group of French thieves called the vacuum gang stole 600000 Euros by sucking bills out of safes through those pneumatic tube deposit things with a vacuum.
WBBB TIL According to the patent for toilet paper, the creator, Setti Wheeler, made a drawing that shows the toilet paper should go over.