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TIL Funeral homes put spiked contact lenses in to keep your eyes closed after death.

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oB1JA TIL that Stephen Hawking once made a bet of $100 with Gordon Kane that physicists would not discover the Higgs boson. After losing the bet he lamented the discovery, saying it made physics less interesting.
LeZZ TIL: Halden Prison in Norway is a maximum-security prison. It was created with a focus on rehabilitation that is reflected in its design. Its design is projected to help inmates reintegrate into society easily by simulating life outside the prison. It has been called the world’s most humane prison.
GYBy5 TIL when Eminem was releasing Slim Shady EP, he claimed that Insane Clown Posse would be at the release party without asking any member of ICP. When Violent J from ICP asked him about that claim, Em told him “Maybe you will be there; I don’t know. [...] You guys comin’ to my release party, or what?”
loNlr TIL about Project Loon which provides internet to devastated areas of the world via balloons in the Stratosphere.
Xrek TIL more men want children than women. “8 out of 10 men say they’ve always wanted to be fathers, compared to 7 out of 10 women who say they’ve always wanted to be mothers.”