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TIL that the Romans used urine as a cleaning agent

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8ad4P TIL The biggest fine awarded by UK's Ofcom was for part of a radio show called Sweary Hangman, in which a 9 year old girl was prompted to repeat the phrase 'soapy tit wank' 3 times
gdAy TIL the NES light gun worked by detecting flashes of light on your tv screen. When the trigger was pulled, the tv flashed all black for a single frame, then all black with the target white for one frame. Also it only works with CRTs.
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