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TIL That the new £5 note that was recently created can play vinyl records when you press the corner into the groves of the vinyl.

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VMn18 TIL While constructing a tunnel in Denmark, Stone Age artifacts were uncovered in the aerobic clay. Among the discoveries was a stone axe with wooden shaft still attached, estimated to be 5,500 years old.
vg1x TIL experiments were held that tested responses to potential threats from white and black strangers. The results determined that unarmed blacks were shot more than whites, even among black subjects tested. “The trend is less likely a function of active prejudice than of ambient social stereotypes.”
nEwo TIL a majority (52.8%) of Mexican-Americans self identify as white.
5YBAn TIL of isolated incidents of humans surviving abnormally high G-forces, most notably the Air Force officer John Stapp, who demonstrated a human can withstand 46.2 G’s. The experiment only went on a few seconds, but for an instant, his body had weighed over 7,700 pounds.
X0O0X TIL British Taxi Drivers are exempt from wearing car seatbelts.