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TIL The stickers on fruit are FDA approved and edible

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P15wG TIL Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously. This ability to multitask with both hands is known as mirror writing.
jNnmj TIL that Milada Horáková was a Czech politician who helped people flee the Nazi and Communist regimes in Czechoslovakia. She was executed for treason in 1950 just to have her verdict reversed 18 years later and receive multiple rewards for her heroic work
rR1Zd TIL that Danes are allowed to hit with a stick any swedes that try to cross the Øresund strait when the strait is frozen over
XN1P TIL of an Australian cardiologist that travels around Australia in a semi-trailer turned specialist medical clinic, delivering specialist services to the most out of reach rural citizens of the country who would otherwise be unable to receive such services, all without any government funding.
e0e0E TIL that the Pink Floyd pistol shrimp can make a sound thats 210 decibels by snapping the claw shut. Thats louder than a rocket launch. It uses the sound to kill small fish.