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TIL measuring tapes have many hidden features, such as a scribe.

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kJlP7 TIL about Le Passe-muraille which is French that loosely translates to The passer-through-walls. It’s based on a short story published by Marcel Aymé in 1941. The sculpture is a tribute about a man who can pass through walls-
Y7xev TIL of Säkkijärven polkka. A Finnish folk-song played repeatedly over radio during the Soviet-Finnish War to block radio-controlled mines
aa9Z TIL from 1181 to 1218, the Khmer Empire was ruled by a Buddhist king whose primary goal was to alleviate the suffering of his subjects. “He suffered from the illnesses of his subjects more than from his own; the pain that affected men’s bodies was for him a spiritual pain, and thus more piercing.”
E10A7 TIL the cause of death of the individuals who jumped out of the WTC on 9/11 are ruled as homicides due to blunt trauma (as opposed to suicides)
6nmY TIL a man in Thailand got 30 years in prison for ‘liking’ a photoshopped picture of the King of Thailand on Facebook