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TIL Taking it in turns to pay for meals makes you happier than splitting the bill

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Ypo1A TIL that in the UK, archaic "receiver of wreck" legislation means that if someone finds treasure underwater, they can get cash rewards - or even keep the treasure - after reporting it to the receiver.
75WM TIL the fastest man made object that’s ever moved was an iron manhole cover, which traveled at five times the earth’s escape velocity at 0.02% the speed of light
Oo4Q4 TIL the US Military is developing Bomb Sniffing Cyborg Locusts. Since 2016, Researchers at Washington University have attempted to implant locusts with cybernetic enhancements that allow them to be remotely piloted, use their antennae to detect explosives, and wirelessly relay that information back.
99PM TIL of “Operation Wrath of God”, where Israel responded to the 1972 Munich massacre by having the Mossad hunt down and assassinate anyone they believed was involved over the course of more than 20 years.
LkVYV TIL that Pete Best released an album titled Best of the Beatles which contained no Beatles songs. The Beatles tried suing him, but lost because he was Pete Best, of the Beatles.