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TIL Candlewicks are asymmetrical braiding. When it burns it curls on that side. Before that invention you had to trim the wick every few hours as your candle would smoke.

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a8LdL TIL in 2017, a couple and a un-housed man faked an online donation story about him giving his last $20 to help the woman in need. They raised $400K but spent it on a BMW, vacations, and luxury items. The scam unraveled when the man sued the couple for withholding money, exposing the hoax.
erl5 TIL that in 2003 a BBC news team was bombed by US fighter jets in a “friendly fire” incident, the entire ordeal was caught on camera (warning: some disturbing images)
KwPE TIL Oreo O’s are still produced and readily available in South Korea.
N6ob TIL that is theoretically possible to build an entire working computer out of dominoes.
OoZm1 TIL because of the vastness of the deep ocean, when a male and female anglerfish mate their bodies fuse into one. The male's now useless body parts like eyes and fins wither away. He spends the rest of his life attached to her like a parasite, taking food and providing her with babies.