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TIL of Lloyd's Bank Coprolite, the largest known fossilized human feces. It measures 20 centimeters (8 in) long and 5 centimeters (2 in) wide and is currently on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre

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NX8g1 TIL: That in 2012, a Dutch World War II memorial was revealed on which the names of Jewish, Allied and German military deaths were written alongside each other in Comic Sans. The names were eventually scraped off following complaints, only for the rewritten message to also be written in Comic Sans.
rNY1W TIL 536 was truly the ‘worst’ year to be alive
9YGXB TIL a Canadian man, Mark Twitchell wanted to make a movie about a serial killer. To make it realistic he attempted to become a serial killer. His script was used to convict him of the murder/attempted murder.
j6x4E TIL about Hunger Stones, rocks placed in rivers below a certain depth and meant to be revealed during times of drought and famine. When one is found, it is marked with the current year, some still bearing dates from the 1600s. One found in the Czech Republic in 2018 reads "If you see me, weep"
4Bwa TIL Simon, the world’s first smartphone, was released by IBM in 1994. It cost $899, loaded new apps via external memory cards, and could last sixty minutes before requiring a recharge. IBM sold 50,000 units.