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TIL a self-taught hobbyist spent 2.5 years recreating an exploded 3D model of a mechanical watch by suspending over 100 tiny components with fishing line and casting them in clear resin after being inspired by a blog post’s digital animation, he developed the entire technique himself through trial,

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6E5EW TIL that Arkansas is the only state where landlords are not required to make repairs or keep property in habitable condition, and failure to vacate is a crime.
xVNeB TIL many people in Switzerland eat cat and dog meat, particularly at Christmas.
90D7 TIL that Benito Mussolini drove his secret first wife and son to early deaths in lunatic asylums because they threatened his rise to power. His henchmen then tried to erase all traces of their relationship.
8aPyX TIL In 1957, a terminal cancer patient was given a worthless drug that caused his tumors to “melt like snowballs on a hot stove.” When he found out it was proven worthless, his cancer returned. He was given a placebo version and it went away again. Got truth again and died.
gd77 TIL that NCAA player George Glamack (AKA “the Blind Bomber”) had such poor eyesight that he never looked where he was shooting. Instead, he looked at the black lines on the court to know where he was in reference to the basket and measured the shot. He scored the forth-highest total in UNC history.