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TIL every time a deck of cards is shuffled the probability that sequence of cards has ever existed before is infinitesimally small due to the immensity of 52!

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yVe4J TIL Japan has a 'wind phone'. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to 'talk' to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.
R7Ye1 TIL of the 10,000 year clock. Currently being constructed in Texas.
4P96 TIL forensic scientists have said that around 80% of all British banknotes contain traces of drugs. A 1999 study found even higher levels of contamination in the London area; of 500 notes tested, only four had no traces of cocaine.
d8LPj TIL that Ulysses S. Grant went on a post-presidency world tour from 1877-79. He was received quite well, often greeting cheering crowds, being offered gifts, and meeting various heads-of-state. He even acted as an unofficial diplomat in some cases, such as a land dispute between China and Japan.
16yJX TIL the North Pole is actually a region of water, while the South Pole is located in Antarctica