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TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci could draw forward with one hand while writing backward with the other.

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woXgM TIL that the deadliest bridge collapse was in 1809 when the Ponte das Barcas bridge in Porto, Portugal, collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 4,000 people. When the French attacked Portugal, thousands of people tried to escape by crossing the bridge, which collapsed under the weight
47e5 TIL that coprolalia – the involuntary uttering of obscene words in inappropriate situations sometimes found in people with Tourette’s – has been observed in some deaf people, who involuntarily swear in sign language.
jNGvE TIL of a pedophile who was arrested after setting his phone to the largest possible font and then sending text messages about molesting children. He did this while on a crowded airplane.
E1gxp TIL soda is dispensed in plastic bags in the Philippines.
GxOj TIL the only way the BBC could record its live broadcasts in the 1950s was to point a film camera at a television. Because of this, the only known recording of the landmark sci-fi serial “The Quatermass Experiment” features an insect walking across the screen.