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Today I learned corpses spontaneously open and close their eyes

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0Dp1 TIL that the grand boulevards of Paris were built in the mid-1800s partly to make it harder for rioters and revolutionaries to barricade the streets like they had in earlier uprisings
ADGMx TIL Colin Murdoch a New Zealand pharmacist made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proof medicine container.
lo5g5 TIL that the "pink for girls, blue for boys" color scheme didn't become common until the mid 20th century. Earlier in the 1900s it was actually "pink for boys, blue for girls".
N7el8 TIL in 1995 Jesus Dennis was held underwater by his stepdad until he stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating when he was a toddler. Because the water was cold, however, Jesus was completely rejuvenated hours later without brain damage and behaved as a normal child afterwards.
WEg8 TIL there’s a city in Georgia with 90 miles of golf cart paths parallel to the normal road network. More than 9000 families in Peachtree City use golf carts as their second car.